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| nVidia Quadro FX3000 King of the Hill | |
| (Review by MS, October 26, 2003) |
| PNY QuadroFX 3000 at: |
8Spot
8Spot is an excellent example of what the MAXtreme drivers are doing compared to the standard OpenGL drivers. 8Spot uses eight spotlights, that is four top lights and four bottom lights. In addition to being spotlights, the four top lights are flagged to produce a so-called "Overshoot" that converts the top four spotlights into a hybrid lighting between Omni and Spot light. If the overshoot flags are not recognized, the top lights are rendered as spot lights only, which is easier and, therefore, produces higher frame rates. Correct execution of the flags will, therefore, result in a higher rendering load and cause a drop in frame rates.
Generic Drivers
Incorrect rendering of the 8Spot scene as it occurs with the generic OpenGL drivers on either nVidia card as well as with both the ATI FireGL and the 3DLabs Wildcat VP990.
MAXtreme Drivers
Correct execution of the "Overshoot" flag shows the object in a truly different light, albeit at the expense of frame rates.
8Spot
It is not surprising that the MAXtreme drivers come in behind the generic drivers. Still, the FX3000 shows its awesome power.
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