Quantitative measure of a video interface
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1. A method for quantifying performance of a video interface that is adapted to be installed in a computer system, said video interface including a display driver and a video card, comprising:
- executing a benchmark application to send a set of requests to the video interface;
measuring frames per second displayed on a monitor by the video interface while displaying the benchmark application;
determining resource utilization as a result of execution of the benchmark application; and
determining an effective frames per second based on the measured frames per second and the determined resource utilization while displaying the benchmark application wherein the effective frames per second is equal to the resources that remain available while the benchmark application is displaying divided by the resources that are consumed while the benchmark application is displaying multiplied by the frames per second of the display of the benchmark application.
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Abstract
A method and system for quantitatively measuring performance of a video interface is disclosed. The method and system determine an effectives frames per second based upon a measured frames per second that is rendered by the video interface and system resource utilization by the video interface during execution of a benchmark.
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1. A method for quantifying performance of a video interface that is adapted to be installed in a computer system, said video interface including a display driver and a video card, comprising:
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executing a benchmark application to send a set of requests to the video interface; measuring frames per second displayed on a monitor by the video interface while displaying the benchmark application; determining resource utilization as a result of execution of the benchmark application; and determining an effective frames per second based on the measured frames per second and the determined resource utilization while displaying the benchmark application wherein the effective frames per second is equal to the resources that remain available while the benchmark application is displaying divided by the resources that are consumed while the benchmark application is displaying multiplied by the frames per second of the display of the benchmark application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 14)
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9. A computer-readable medium having instructions for quantifying performance of a video interface that is adapted to be installed in a computer system, said video interface including a display driver and a video card, comprising:
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executing a benchmark application to send a set of requests to the video interface; measuring frames per second displayed on a monitor by the video interface while displaying the benchmark application; determining resource utilization as a result of execution of the benchmark application; and determining an effective frames per second based on the measured frames per second of the benchmark application and the determined resource utilization while displaying the benchmark application wherein the effective frames per second is equal to the resources that remain available while the benchmark application is displaying divided by the resources that are consumed while the benchmark application is displaying multiplied by the frames per second of the display of the benchmark application. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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15. A system for quantifying video performance, comprising:
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a computer having a video interface including a display driver and a video card; a monitor coupled to the video interface; an evaluation module executing in the computer comprising executing a benchmark process to send a set of requests to the video interface, measuring the frames per second displayed on a monitor by the video interface, determining resource utilization as a result of execution of the benchmark, and determining an effective frames per second based on the measured frames per second and the determined resource utilization while displaying the benchmark process wherein the effective frames per second is equal to the resources that remain available while the benchmark process is displaying divided by the resources that are consumed while the benchmark process is displaying multiplied by the frames per second of the display of the benchmark process. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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