AMD K6-2

by Anand Lal Shimpi on May 27, 1998 2:30 PM EST
12MB Diamond Monster 3D-II Voodoo2 Based Graphics Accelerators were used for the Gaming Tests
  • Wait for V-Sync was Disabled
  • Memory Clock was set at 93MHz
  • 3D Gaming Performance - Frame Rates - 640 x 480 Voodoo2 SLI

    --- Quake 2
    (OpenGL)
    Turok
    (Glide)
    Forsaken
    (Direct3D)

    Processor

    Demo 1 TMark Nuke Demo
    AMD K6-2 333/95 w/o 3DNow! Q2 Drivers 44.2 N/A N/A
    AMD K6-2 333/95
    w/ 3DNow! Q2 Drivers
    76.4 81.4 120.01
    Intel Pentium II 300/66 69.2 113.9 136.89
    Intel Pentium II 333/83 78.8 129.5 160.71
    Intel Pentium II 400/100 93.1 154.8 186.74

     

    3D Gaming Performance - Frame Rates - 800 x 600 Voodoo2 (Single)

    --- Quake 2
    (OpenGL)
    Forsaken
    (Direct3D)

    Processor

    Demo 1 Nuke Demo
    AMD K6-2 333/95 w/o
    3DNow! Q2 Drivers
    42.8 N/A
    AMD K6-2 333/95
    w/ 3DNow! Q2 Drivers
    59.4 90.37
    Intel Pentium II 300/66 58.0 92.26
    Intel Pentium II 333/83 59.8 93.86
    Intel Pentium II 400/100 60.7 95.09

     

    3D Gaming Performance - Frame Rates - 800 x 600 Voodoo2 (SLI)

    --- Quake 2
    (OpenGL)
    Forsaken
    (Direct3D)

    Processor

    Demo 1 Nuke Demo
    AMD K6-2 333/95 w/o
    3DNow! Q2 Drivers
    44.0 N/A
    AMD K6-2 333/95
    w/ 3DNow! Q2 Drivers
    75.9 119.23
    Intel Pentium II 300/66 68.7 132.16
    Intel Pentium II 333/83 78.1 153.17
    Intel Pentium II 400/100 90.4 171.60

     

    3D Gaming Performance - Frame Rates - 1024 x 768 Voodoo2 (SLI)

    --- Quake 2
    (OpenGL)
    Forsaken
    (Direct3D)

    Processor

    Demo 1 Nuke Demo
    AMD K6-2 333/95 w/o
    3DNow! Q2 Drivers
    43.6 N/A
    AMD K6-2 333/95
    w/ 3DNow! Q2 Drivers
    66.9 98.65
    Intel Pentium II 300/66 64.1 109.95
    Intel Pentium II 333/83 69.1 114.26
    Intel Pentium II 400/100 72.8 117.81

    NOTE: The 3DNow! Q2 Drivers only effect Quake 2 performance and do not help/hurt performance in any other games

    There is obviously a considerable improvement over the K6-2's performance under Quake 2 when using the 3DNow! Quake 2 Drivers provided by AMD.  These drivers should be making their public release some time in the next week.  The drivers are still not taking complete advantage of the K6-2's potential, and there is still room to improve on the performance end of things.   With Quake 2 as a working example, a bit of hard work can definitely pay off with the K6-2, all that is required is software support, and if the demand is there in the market, the software support will follow. 

    Older Glide games, that won't take advantage of the K6-2's 3DNow! Instructions perform just as poorly on a K6-2 as they would on an original K6, in comparison to a Pentium II.  It is doubtful that patches will be written for older games, so depending on what games you like to run the most you may be out of luck.  Even games that do take advantage of the DirectX 6 engine fall behind the Pentium II in terms of performance as can be seen by the Forsaken benchmarks (although they are all over 98 fps, which is beyond smooth). 

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