[vtkusers] SphereBench: WinNT vs Win2000

[Nigel Nunn]

Tired of the way Win2000 was managing memory, I replaced 
Win2000/SP1 with WinNT/SP6a and got a nice surprise  :-) 
Please note that different NVidia drivers were used. 
 
Two sets of results follow: 
 
  Set 1 -- WinNT  / SP6a / NVidia 647 drivers  
  Set 2 -- Win2000 / SP1 / NVidia 618 drivers 
 
 
 
Set 1 -- WinNT  / SP6a / NVidia 647 drivers  
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MACHINE:  Dual-P3(733MHz) 
WinVer:   WinNT / SP6a 
Graphics: GeForce2 GTS / 32MB DDR 
Drivers:  NVidia 647 drivers 
 
Best results, summary : 
  - intel running Windows NT 4.0
  - VTK 3.1.2 (rev: 1.681, 2000/11/08 01:03:38)
  - Win32OpenGL
  - Visual is 1024x768, truecolor/truecolor/32
  - Tcl/Tk 8.2.3
  - window was 400 x 400
   1) 256x256 : 1905.9 kpolys/s : [stripper]
   2) 256x256 : 1014.9 kpolys/s : [small_sphere]
   3) 256x256 : 1014.9 kpolys/s : [transparency]
   4) 256x256 : 1011.0 kpolys/s : []
   5) 256x256 :  736.5 kpolys/s : [texture]
   6) 256x256 :  736.5 kpolys/s : [texture, transparency]
   7) 256x256 :  556.2 kpolys/s : [wireframe]

------- DONE (in 97 sec.) -------
 
 
 
 
Set 2 -- Win2000 / SP1 / NVidia 618 drivers 
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MACHINE:  Dual-P3(733MHz) 
WinVer:   Win2000 / SP1 
Graphics: GeForce2 GTS / 32MB DDR 
Drivers:  NVidia 618 drivers 
 
Best results, summary : 
  - intel running Windows NT 5.0
  - VTK 3.1.2 (rev: 1.661, 2000/10/19 00:03:57)
  - Win32OpenGL
  - Visual is 1024x768, truecolor/truecolor/32
  - Tcl/Tk 8.2.3
  - window was 400 x 400
   1) 256x256 : 1307.5 kpolys/s : [stripper]
   2) 256x256 :  640.2 kpolys/s : [transparency]
   3) 256x256 :  638.5 kpolys/s : [small_sphere]
   4) 256x256 :  637.0 kpolys/s : []
   5) 256x256 :  568.7 kpolys/s : [wireframe]
   6) 256x256 :  476.5 kpolys/s : [texture]
   7) 256x256 :  476.5 kpolys/s : [texture, transparency]

------- DONE (in 131 sec.) -------