Been reading this thread a seeing I have a duel core & sli rig I have been doing a few benchmarks with FRAPS over a set route.
CPU affinity was set to either 1 or 2
SLI was either on or off with all other settings controlled by program.
Option 5 was using a Nvidia profile copied off trs2004 in control panel
Trainz options are my own settings except for option 1
These are the results I got
Dave
-DepthBits=24
-StencilBits=8
-fullscreen
-Jet=bin
-cabinfov=65
-driverfov=55
-DefaultAutoMip=none
-ColorBits=32
-frequency=60
-width=1024
-height=768
-ResourceMemory=1536
-LoadingTime=5
-KeepParticles=1
-KeepAllResources=1
-ForceRealtimeLoad=1
-AreaLimit=14000
-SectionLimit=50
-AutopilotSignalDistance=350
-Intro=disable
-showkuids
-FreeIntCam
-heartbeat=0.01
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// REQUIRED OPTIONS (DO NOT CHANGE)/
-time=0.0
-zfar=15140
PC Specs
Box :Antec p180 & true control 500w p/s
Processor: AMD Athlon 6400 X2 Dual Core
Motherboard: AN9 32X series 3.00 gigahertz
Memory: 3GB 800Mzh duel channel
Graphics: Xpertvision 7800GT (2x in SLI mode)
Drivers: Nvidia 6.14.11.6921
Storage: 4x Samsung 200GB SATA-II plus 2 x 200GB external backup
Sound: SB 5.1
OS: Windows XP-Home SP2
Optical : LG multidrive DVD burner
Monitorolyview V372 17 flat panel 8ms response
Printer/fax : Brother MFC-240C
Anti-virus/spam & Firewall: Zone Alarm
1.
Out of the box settings for Trainz & single graphics & duel cpu
Min 9 Max 61 Avg 52.628
2.
Out of the box settings for Trainz & SLI & duel cpu
Min 7 Max 64 Avg 55.25
3.
Using Trainz options & SLI & duel cpu
Min 11 Max 64 Avg 56.969
4
Using Trainz options & nvidia profile in SLI duel cpu
Min 9 Max 63 Avg 48.61
5.
Using Trainz options & single graphics & 1 cpu
Min 2 Max 51 Avg 24.838
4
Using Trainz options & SLI & 1 cpu
Min 19 Max 64 Avg 58.1777