I am sure there are small simple programs. However, again, such benchmarks
bear no resemblance to real-world gameplay. Even the large 3DMark suite
stopped being realistic after the 2001 edition.

There's a burn-in function in ATiTool, with a frame-per-second display.
Consider it the simplest benchmark available. :-)

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On Feb 6, 5:05 pm, "First of One" root@localhost wrote:
The "measurement" of memory bandwidth, as written in reviews, is always
calculated theoretically. For example, a card with a 256-bit memory
interface, with the RAM running at 1.2 GHz effective, would have 256 x
1.2 /
8 = 38 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

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On Feb 5, 6:23 pm, "First of One" root@localhost wrote:
I haven't seen one. And even if such a program existed, its usefulness
would
be questionable at best. Real-world performance depends on the memory
controller design. For example, a 4x32-bit "crossbar" interface is
faster
than an 1x128-bit interface in most games, even though the theoretical
transfer rates are identical. Other significant factors include memory
timings, color/Z-buffer compression, and hidden-surface removal (think
Geforce 8800's Early-Z or Radeon's Hyper-Z).

On the other hand, if all you need to do is confirm, for example, your
card
has a full 128-bit memory interface rather than a cut-down 64-bit "LE"
interface, then a program like Everest will tell you.

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Is there a benchmark program that can test my video cards memory
transfer rate?

Ok. I just seem to see this measurement often when video cards are
compared. I didn't know if this was a common benchmark test or not.

Oh, got it. Makes sense now. Is there a small simple program to
benchmark video cards? I only see the larger 3DMark, etc.