RE: FLASH: f5 player re: p4 optimization

[Brack, Jeremy]

Re-read my original post... my P4 blows away my old P3 667Mhz in Flash

playback.  The only thing that barely slows down the P4 is switching to Full

Screen Mode while zooming in on an intense the animation with my monitor set

to 1600x1200 with an 85hz refresh rate.  I dont know what website gave you

slow P4 benchmarks, but I havent found 1 application that runs the same

speed or slower than a P3.  Everything is wicked fast. Every program loads

much faster.  On my P4 Photoshop 6 loads in 10 seconds the first time

loading, and nearly instant load time when you open it again.  It takes

about 40 seconds to load Photoshop 6 on my P3. On my P4 Bryce 3D renders

complex scenes in seconds compared with minutes or hours on my P3.  If your

into games, I get above 200 FPS in Quake 3 Arena at 640x480 with full

detail, and 90 FPS at 1600x1200 full detail.  A P3 cant even push 120 FPS in

Quake3 at 640x480 full detail, and cant even handle 5 FPS at 1600x1200 full

detail.


Jeremy


-----Original Message-----

From: Steve Howard [

steve [dot] howardbtinternet [dot] com (mailto:steve [dot] howardbtinternet [dot] com)

]

Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 3:09 PM

To:

flasherchinwag [dot] com

Subject: Re: FLASH: f5 player re: p4 optimization



> Flash 5 player works fine with my P4 1.5 Gighz at home, but it seems like

its not taking full advantage of the CPU.


>From what I've read, it does not surprise me that you are unimpressed by the

performance of the PIV. Little if any software has yet been created to take

advantage of the new processor. Any test results I have seen printed

indicate that the performance of a PIII 800 or better can show equal or

better performance to the PIV with most apps.


Get used to the disappointment - it will be a little while before the true

potential of the 1.5 GHz processor can be realised.


Steve



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