Drawing and Animation for Live Performance – on Stage, on the Street and on the Net.
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Graphics Cards Performance Chart
Today there are so many different graphic card producers and a lot of different types available. Gaming industSome of them are really powerful and can easily cope with all the data during Tagtool performances and workshops. Some cause massive lag - especially OnBoard-cards and laptop-cards.
Testing method
Step 1: Open Nodekit in fullscreen and start from scratch. Just black - nothing drawn.
Step 2: Start drawing a full circle with any color, some transparency and a thick pencil size.
Step 3: Release your drawing and do the Tunnel trick.
Step 4: Draw and release circle by circle.
Step 5: As soon as your graphic card turns down on performance, you will recognize that drawing isn´t that accurate anymore and the star needs some time to draw a line. When this lag starts it´s getting worse and worse (circle by circle) - until you have reached 100 drawings.
Best performance = Drawing 100 circles without any lag
Good performance = Drawing at least 75 circles without any lag
Medium performance = Drawing at least 50 circles without any lag
Slow performance = Drawing at least 30 circles without any lag
Performance Chart
| Gfx Card Model | Details | Notes | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|
| GeForce 9600M GT | MacBook Pro | - | Good |
| GeForce 9400M | Macbook | - | Slow |
| Geforce 9300M GS | IBM Lenovo, Vista | - | Good |
| Sapphire Radeon X1650 Pro | 256MB DDR2 | - | Good |
| Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 | 512MB DDR4 | - | Good |
| Sapphire Radeon HD 2600XT | 256MB DDR4 | - | Good |