hi, I have a question on how to measure how many triangles/sec. Basically i have a object composed of 3000 vertices, and have a counter which is incremented each time i draw only one triangle. I then log the number of triangles it has counted after exactly one second. Is this the right procedure? On my P3-700, with a Geforce2Ti, I get 1183FPS and only 4.4Million triangles/s rendered when this video card is capable of up to 31 million! Seems like i am long way off the actual triangles it can render. Or are my measurements wrong? On a PII-400 with a Matrox G200, i can only reach 70FPS with 400,000 rendered (a low number) I am using Win2K SP2 with the latest nvidia OpenGL drivers for the Geforce2Ti.

I think that the 31 million triangles is for untextured and un-lit triangles. If your object is textured and lit then it would take longer to draw, thus decreasing triangles.

Go on an Intense Rampage

Depends of what mode you''re using to render the triangles...
Usually you get top performance with vertex arrays rendering triangle strips, not by rendering triangle by triangle.

actually my triangles are not textured, nor lit.
I just call GL_TRIANGLES then do the ordinary glVertex3f() calls.
I actually got lower triangles/sec when using GL_TRIANGLE_STRIPS!
don't know why...

but would you guys know the proper way of measuring triangles/sec or am i doing the right way already?

230,000 triangles seems pretty low
for a unlit object, and no textures applied.

anyway, this is what my log file shows from a P2-400, matrox G200, latest drivers, Win2K. :


Starting Demo...

Video Card Details
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Matrox Graphics Inc.
Matrox G200 1.1.3 Dec 20 2000

Extensions supported:
GL_Autodesk_facet_normal
GL_EXT_abgr
GL_EXT_bgra
GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array
GL_EXT_packed_pixels
GL_EXT_stencil_wrap
GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp
GL_EXT_vertex_array
GL_KTX_buffer_region
GL_WIN_swap_hint
WGL_EXT_swap_control

F3ds class initialised successfully
Loading scenes/tree.3ds(108697 bytes)
Loading object: TRUNK01
(456 vertices)
(456 faces)

Loading object: TRUNK02
(432 vertices)
(432 faces)

Loading object: STEM01
(413 vertices)
(540 faces)

Loading object: LEAF01
(2661 vertices)
(2210 faces)

Loading object: CROWNSHA01
(39 vertices)
(63 faces)

Completed loading scenes/tree.3ds
Texture class initialised successfully

Loading textures/splash.jpg(66874 bytes)(512x512 pixels)
Texture loaded into memory
Mesh class initialised successfully
Timer Initialised
Peak Triangles per second: 230918
Top frame rate: 63fps

Edited by - Xtreme on November 20, 2001 7:25:24 PM

NewDeal,
are you saying that it is about right on a P2-400?