NVIDIA GeForce 256 Review

GLAZE Benchmarks

GLAZE is a free of charge OpenGL application, developed by Evans & Sutherland, "that demonstrates the features and performance characteristics of high-performance, 3D graphics accelerators".

Even though GLAZE is a demo, it's one of the most stunning displays of OpenGL graphics I've run across.  The documentation states that GLAZE runs under Windows NT, but I was able to run it under Windows 98.

GLAZE provides a variety of special effects such as rendering different objects and textures, zoom in/out, freeze frame, transparency, flat shading and three types of light sources (directional, point, and spot).

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GLAZE Controls



Default Settings - 4 Directional Lights



6 Point Lights



8 Spot Lights - Reflections Off

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GLAZE supports up to 8 real-time light sources which the GeForce 256 will accelerate via its GPU.  The benchmarks were run at a resoltion of 1280x1024 in 32-bit color using the default settings.  The benchmarks measure the effect on performance when additional light sources are added.

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GLAZE - Direct Light Results

Y = Number of light sources    X=Frames per second



GLAZE - Point Light Results

Y = Number of light sources    X=Frames per second



GLAZE - Spot Light Results

Y = Number of light sources    X=Frames per second

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