ati graphics on laptops

[David Becker]

Tim wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 12:13 +0200, David Becker wrote:
>> 250 fps is kinda low. I'm working on a desktop with a (somewhat
>> ancient) Matrox G400 with a mere 16MB SDRAM and get around 450fps.
> 
> Though what good does that do you?  No monitor runs anywhere near as
> fast as either of those speeds.

The fps in this context is a poor man's graphics benchmark. glxgears
running at 450fps probably translates to an unacceptable frame rate for
current day games. 250fps is likely to be worse and aforementioned
2275fps is likely to give a good fps for a full blown openGL game/app.

	David