"Supposedly I get 1000 frames per second on my parents' PC, which is 2ghz with a Radeon 9800. I have the vaguest idea that it isn't the real speed."
If you haven't enabled any blending modes, then you certainly can get that. How many BOBS did you have? If it was just the 10 that it starts with, then it's quite easy to get 1000 fps.
I can display 2000 bobs at 60fps on my Radeon 7200, with masked blending only. You won't get near those rates with the special blending modes though. But I can get 80 alpha blended bobs at 60fps in Blitzplus.
If you haven't enabled any blending modes, then you certainly can get that. How many BOBS did you have? If it was just the 10 that it starts with, then it's quite easy to get 1000 fps.
I can display 2000 bobs at 60fps on my Radeon 7200, with masked blending only. You won't get near those rates with the special blending modes though. But I can get 80 alpha blended bobs at 60fps in Blitzplus.