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                    GameSpeed V5.00 English

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              (c) by GetmanSoft - J”rg Getschurek


1. Command line parameter

   GSPEED [-[TEST]]
   With the option [TEST] can perform each graphic test.
   Follow values can be enter:
   1 = 320*200  Animation
   2 = 320*200  Color rotation
   3 = 320*200  High speed
   4 = 640*400  High speed    (Only with VESA-BIOS!)
   5 = 640*480  High speed             "
   6 = 800*600  High speed             "
   7 = 1024*768 High speed             "
   a = Test all
   e = Endless test (abortion at ANIMATION and COLOR ROTATION with ESC!)

   Example:  GSPEED -a
	     GSPEED -1

2. Common info

   It appear again and again the question on, whether the computer -
   performance for a game, like XXXX sufficient, or not.
   Straight at PC-Games in super-VGA is this question of crucial
   meaning, there the refresh rate at low end computers easily
   under 3 frames per second.

   Through the calculation of the frames per second make it easy to
   find out, if the computer is suitable for current super-VGA games.
   Of course the real refresh rate of games like, WingCommander3/4
   and EF2000, becomes to be lower as the high speed swapping
   of GameSpeed.

   With 70 frames per second in super-VGA modes becomes almost every
   new game a rational refresh rate.

   At alternations in the BIOS setup, or another hardware, bring up
   the right decision, if this changing brings more speed, or not.



3. Graphic tests

Resolution Colors Duration Description          Weighting  Testing hardware
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 320*200   256    10 sec.  Sprite animation       40%      Graphicboard,RAM,CPU
 320*200   256    10 sec.  Color rotation         10%      Graphicboard
 320*200   256     5 sec.  High speed swapping    10%      Graphicboard
 640*400   256     5 sec.  High speed swapping    10%      Graphicboard
 640*480   256     5 sec.  High speed swapping    10%      Graphicboard
 800*600   256     5 sec.  High speed swapping    10%      Graphicboard
1024*768   256     5 sec.  High speed swapping    10%      Graphicboard
		 --------                        ----
 Overall duration 45 sec.                        100%

   At the color rotation test become measured no frames per second,
   but cycles per second.
   The testpicture becomes copy only in the beginning in the
   video-RAM, and subsequent become writing per cycle the red/green/blue
   values in the DAC color register of the graphicboard.

   In order to reach a moving alteration of the color palette, change
   the RGB-values only per 100 cycles. 
   By that becomes reduced the access to the RAM and make it possible to
   have a real validation of the color rotation.



4. Benchmark

   The reference computer is a 486DX2/66 with a Cirrus Logic graphicboard
   and a VesaLocalBus ( No.6 ).
   The overall benchmark for this computer is 10.00 .
   By the older versions of GameSpeed become a IBM PS/2 computer fixed as
   the reference, but this low end computer has no super-VGA graphicboard.
   For this reason becomes from version 4.0 a 486DX2/66 the benchmark
   reference.



5. Program files

   GSPEED.EXE   : Program
   GSPEED.SEP   : Graphic-Resource
   GSPEED.CFG   : Configuration
   GSPEED.TXT   : What you read
   FILE_ID.DIZ  : File description



6. Graphic-Engine

   SpriteEnginePro V2.30
   Development tool for game programmer

   BBS         No.           Fido adress       File name
   SOLO        030-99400200  2:2410/1001       SEPRO230.ZIP

   The documentation and program menu of this tool is in german
   (GameLib for VGA-13H is in english!), but if anybody want`s it,
   i can make a translation of these parts.
   Please sent me a message!


7. Any questions ?

   E-Mail (FIDO-NET) :  2:2410/1001.23


                Mail :  J”rg Getschurek
                        Hausotterstr.22b
                        13409 Berlin
                        Germany



Berlin 3.18.96

Enjoy;-)