Performance - Jedi Knight 2
Jedi
Knight 2
'demo jk2ffa' @ 800x600x32 |
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0 |
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30 |
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60 |
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90 |
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120 |
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149 |
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179 |
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Like Serious Sam 2, low resolutions of Jedi Knight 2 are very CPU dependent.
At 800x600x32 the 2.8GHz NP8886 performs about 4% behind the 3.06GHz Sonic Aviator.
This falls almost exactly in line for what we were seeing in Serious Sam: The
Second Encounter. Let's see how the story changes as we increase the resolution.
Jedi
Knight 2
'demo jk2ffa' @ 1024x768x32 |
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0 |
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30 |
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59 |
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89 |
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118 |
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148 |
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18 |
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The performance lead offered by the Hypersonic machine disappears as the resolution
is pushed up to 1024x768x32 in Jedi Knight 2. Now the NP8886 is tied with the
Sonic Aviator as the fastest notebook. The performance lead that the Hypersonic
machine had has now vanished because the increase in resolution shifted stress
from the CPU to the video system. With the video system acting as the bottleneck,
both Mobility Radeon 9000 systems with similar processor speeds are now limited
by what the graphics chip can do.
Jedi
Knight 2
'demo jk2ffa' @ 1280x1024x32 |
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0 |
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24 |
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47 |
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71 |
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95 |
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118 |
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142 |
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The story is the same at 1280x1024x32, with both the Sager and Hypersonic machine
performing tit for tat. The Dell Inspiron 8200 gains the lead for top performing
notebook in Jedi Knight 2 in this resolution thanks to the more up to date video
drivers that are available for the unit.
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