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Moore Threads MTT S80 Graphics Card Tested (3DMark, FurMark) * UPDATED with Graphics Driver 290.100 *

JeGX — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 09:53:45 +0000

The performance test of Moore Threads MTT S80 graphics card with 3DMark (Direct3D) and FurMark (OpenGL) graphics benchmarks.

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3DMark Speed Way Quick Test (DirectX 12 Ultimate Benchmark)

JeGX — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 10:42:48 +0000

Speed Way is the latest graphics benchmark added to 3DMark. Speed Way is a gaming benchmark based on DirectX 12 Ultimate. DX12 Ultimate is the latest iteration of DirectX and includes modern hardware features such as ray tracing, variable rate shading or mesh shaders. Speed Way measures GPU performance with a combination of real-time ray tracing and traditional rendering techniques. The scene features ray … Continue reading 3DMark Speed Way Quick Test (DirectX 12 Ultimate Benchmark) »

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AMD Radeon Adrenalin 22.7.1 OpenGL Changes Tested

JeGX — Thu, 04 Aug 2022 13:56:19 +0000

AMD has updated its OpenGL driver in order to improve performances in OpenGL games and applications. Let’s see some of the changes compared to previous Adrenalin 22.6.1. The OpenGL DLL atioglxx.dll is can be found here: C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\u0381283.inf_amd64_49e777606ed7f517\B381690\atioglxx.dll and its size is 49.3MB (compared to the 37.1MB of previous adrenalin 22.6.1). In Adrenalin 22.7.1, more or less 60 OpenGL extensions have been removed: – Adrenalin 22.7.1: … Continue reading AMD Radeon Adrenalin 22.7.1 OpenGL Changes Tested »

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TerraMaster F2-423 2-Bay NAS Review

JeGX — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 09:44:39 +0000

Article index 1 – Overview 2 – Gallery 3 – First boot and Configuration 4 – Performance Test 5 – Final Words 1 – Overview I’m testing today a NAS that TerraMaster sent me few days ago. TerraMaster is a professional storage brand specializing in the research and development for storage devices: NAS (Network Attached Storage) and DAS (Direct Attached Storage). I use a … Continue reading TerraMaster F2-423 2-Bay NAS Review »

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Intel Core i5-12600K Performance Test (vs Core i5-11600K vs Ryzen 7 5800X)

JeGX — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 10:39:46 +0000

After assembling the testbed in this article, let’s look at the CPU and GPU performance of the Intel Core i5-12600K (Alder Lake architecture) processor. The performance of the i5-12600K (10 cores / 16 threads) will be compared with that of the Core i5-11600K (Rocket Lake, 6 cores / 12 threads) and the Ryzen 7 5800X (8 cores / 16 threads) in the following benchmarks: … Continue reading Intel Core i5-12600K Performance Test (vs Core i5-11600K vs Ryzen 7 5800X) »

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GravityMark Quick Test (OpenGL, Vulkan and Direct3D12)

JeGX — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 19:48:37 +0000

GravityMark is a graphics benchmark for Windows, Linux and macOS. It supports the three major 3D APIs: OpenGL, Vulkan and Direct3D 12. GravityMark tries to push the limits of your GPU by rendering a large number of asteroids: GravityMark GPU Benchmark demonstrates the capabilities of modern GPUs by rendering an enormous quantity of objects in real-time, utilizing GPU acceleration. Easily stress test any GPU … Continue reading GravityMark Quick Test (OpenGL, Vulkan and Direct3D12) »

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(Tested) Ryzen 7 5800X Cooling: Wraith Stealth and Dark Rock 4

JeGX — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 13:32:50 +0000

I upgraded my testbed from Intel Core i7-8700K to AMD Ryzen 7 5800X. And I must say, the Ryzen 7 5800X brings a nice boost in performance. With its 8 cores / 16 threads, it shows around +60% gain the physics score of 3DMark FireStrike benchmark (17988 points for the core i7-8700K vs 29503 points for the Ryzen 7 5800X). In CPU-Z benchmark, the … Continue reading (Tested) Ryzen 7 5800X Cooling: Wraith Stealth and Dark Rock 4 »

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Vulkan Ray Tracing Tested on GeForce RTX 20/30, Radeon RX 6000 and even on GeForce GTX!

JeGX — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 15:36:52 +0000

Downloads Vulkan Ray Tracing Demo (win64) (11MB) Vulkan Ray Tracing Demo (linux64) (21MB) Forum thread (EN) Want to play with ray tracing? Here is a Vulkan ray tracing demo made with GeeXLab that implements a path tracer. The demo is available on Windows and Linux. A path tracer is an interesting benchmark because we can easily increase the workload of ray tracing accelerator units … Continue reading Vulkan Ray Tracing Tested on GeForce RTX 20/30, Radeon RX 6000 and even on GeForce GTX! »

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3DMark Mesh Shader Test (DX12 Ultimate)

JeGX — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 09:52:24 +0000

Last week, UL Benchmarks has added a new graphics test to 3DMark focused on Mesh Shaders. I talked about mesh shaders in this article: Quick Introduction to Mesh Shaders (OpenGL and Vulkan). Here is the description of this new graphics test: DirectX 12 Ultimate adds powerful new features and capabilities to DirectX 12 including DirectX Raytracing Tier 1.1, Mesh Shaders, Sampler Feedback, and Variable … Continue reading 3DMark Mesh Shader Test (DX12 Ultimate) »

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Apple Mac mini M1 Quick Test (OpenGL)

JeGX — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 16:14:27 +0000

Here are some feedbacks about the Mac mini M1 I purchased few weeks ago, in order to compile and test GeeXLab with the new Apple Silicon M1. The M1 Chip The M1 chip is a SoC (System on a Chip) and includes a 8-core CPU, a 8-core GPU as well as other components like a neural engine, memory or input/output interfaces. The M1 GPU … Continue reading Apple Mac mini M1 Quick Test (OpenGL) »

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Quick Temperature Test of the Raspberry Pi 4 8GB

JeGX — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 13:20:05 +0000

I got the new Raspberry Pi 4 8GB few weeks ago, and I took at the same time a kit of four heat sinks designed for the RPi 4. Let’s see the processor temperature of the new RPi4 8GB with and withtout those heat sinks. 1 – Raspberry Pi 4 8GB without heat sinks At idle (with the latest Raspberry … Continue reading Quick Temperature Test of the Raspberry Pi 4 8GB »

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(Tested) 3D Printed Case for Raspberry Pi 4

JeGX — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 20:07:18 +0000

Article index 1 – Overview 2 – Temperatures 3 – Conclusion 4 – Links 1 – Overview I received few days ago a 3D printed case for the Raspberry Pi 4 from 219 Design. This case is designed to work with Pi-Fan-like fans. The Pi-Fan is a common fan used in several cooling systems for Raspberry Pi. It’s a small 30x30x7mm fan that … Continue reading (Tested) 3D Printed Case for Raspberry Pi 4 »

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GLSL to SPIR-V / SMOL-V Utility

JeGX — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 17:51:00 +0000

DOWNLOAD GLSL to SPIR-V / SMOL-V utility for Windows 64-bit Forum thread (EN) Here is a small utility that generates SPIR-V and SMOL-V binary modules (for Vulkan and OpenGL applications) from a GLSL shader. SMOL-V is a compressor for SPIR-V shader modules: SMOL-V encodes Vulkan/Khronos SPIR-V format programs into a form that is smoller, and is more compressible. Normally no changes to the programs are … Continue reading GLSL to SPIR-V / SMOL-V Utility »

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(Quick Test) NVIDIA Max Frame Rate Feature

JeGX — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 19:24:38 +0000

I quickly tested (OpenGL and Vulkan) the new Max Frame Rate feature added in the freshly released GeForce 441.87 driver: Maximum Frame Rate This driver introduces a new Max Frame Rate setting that allows users to cap the frame rate at which a 3D game or application is rendered. This feature is helpful when trying to save power, reduce system latency or paired with … Continue reading (Quick Test) NVIDIA Max Frame Rate Feature »

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How to easily Record a Video of an OpenGL or Vulkan App in Windows 10

JeGX — Sun, 03 Nov 2019 19:00:43 +0000

These last months I used NVIDIA ShadowPlay to capture videos of my OpenGL or Vulkan demos. ShadowPlay works fine but for me, there are two drawbacks: it requires an NVIDIA GPU (very minor drawback) and you have to be logged in GeForce Experience (major drawback). I recently discovered an easier way to record videos of my GL/VK apps/demos: the Windows 10 Game bar. Win10 … Continue reading How to easily Record a Video of an OpenGL or Vulkan App in Windows 10 »

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(Tested) World of Tanks enCore Graphics Benchmark with Ray Traced Shadows

JeGX — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 11:19:23 +0000

Here is a quick test of the new version of the World of Tanks graphics benchmark. When I saw ray tracing, I said cool, a new benchmark with RTX ray tracing (that’s why I tested the benchmark on a RTX 2080) but no RTX here, only a DX11 ray tracing test. At least, it will work on any recent GPU (NVIDIA, AMD or Intel). … Continue reading (Tested) World of Tanks enCore Graphics Benchmark with Ray Traced Shadows »

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Raspberry Pi 4 vs Raspberry Pi 3: CPU and GPU Benchmarks (Updated with TinkerBoard CPU test)

JeGX — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 14:10:27 +0000

Here is a quick test of performances of the new Raspberry Pi 4 versus previous Raspberry Pi 3. Both Raspberry Pi boards run the latest Raspbian Buster: $ uname -a Linux raspberrypi 4.19.66-v7l+ #1253 SMP Thu Aug 15 12:02:08 BST 2019 armv7l GNU/Linux 1 – CPU Benchmark To benchmark the CPU, I used Sysbench, a cross-platform and multi-threaded benchmark tool. The installation of … Continue reading Raspberry Pi 4 vs Raspberry Pi 3: CPU and GPU Benchmarks (Updated with TinkerBoard CPU test) »

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(Tested) A Simple DIY Cooler for the Raspberry Pi 4

JeGX — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 11:43:48 +0000

Like the Raspberry Pi 3 (launched three years ago), the Raspberry Pi 4 produces a lot of heat when it runs under high CPU load. And without cooling, the RPi 4 runs hotter than the RPi 3. The Raspberry Pi 4 is connected to a 4K monitor. Here are some temperature values: – Idle state (raspbian desktop), no cooling: 60°C after 5 minutes. … Continue reading (Tested) A Simple DIY Cooler for the Raspberry Pi 4 »

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GeForce GTX 1080 (Pascal GPU) Tested in 3DMark Port Royal (DirectX Raytracing)

JeGX — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 14:07:54 +0000

Last week, NVIDIA added DirectX Ray Tracing (DXR) support to GeForce GTX series, from the GTX 1060 6GB up to recent GTX 1660 (this DXR support is available in GeForce 425.31). Following this news, 3DMark Port Royal has been updated to support GeForce GTX. 3DMark Port Royal is the world’s first dedicated real-time ray tracing benchmark for gamers. I tested Port Royal (January 2019) … Continue reading GeForce GTX 1080 (Pascal GPU) Tested in 3DMark Port Royal (DirectX Raytracing) »

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(Tested) Cinebench R20 CPU Benchmark Released

JeGX — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 10:06:21 +0000

Maxon has released Cinebench R20, a well-known CPU benchmark based on the Cinema4D engine. Friedrichsdorf, Germany – March 5, 2019 – Maxon, the leading developer of professional 3D modeling, animation, and rendering solutions, today announced the availability of Cinebench Release 20 (Cinebench R20), a modernized version of its industry-standard, cross-platform tool to benchmark computer hardware capabilities. Cinebench R20 leverages the same powerful 3D engine … Continue reading (Tested) Cinebench R20 CPU Benchmark Released »

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