Share Your Vanilla G400 Benchark Results!

[ManojM]

Hi I have a G400 16megs Dual Head. I am not overclocking the G400 card.

I have a Pentium III 450mhz.

Here are my results.

Pentium III 450 @ 464Mhz
3Dmark 99 Max 800 by 600:
4643 3DMarks and 7221 CPU Marks

Quake 2 (800 by 600):
Cruser = 35.2 fps
Massive = 51.5 fps
Demo 1 = 68.5 fps

Pentium III 450 @ 558mhz

3DMark 99 Max
5507 3DMarks & 8720 CPU Marks

Quake 2:
Crusher = 41.7
Massive = lock up (why?)

Seems like the G400 doesn't work well at 124 FSB. My previous card and my friends Voodoo3 don't have any problems at 124fsb.

I have a Super Slot fan next to my G400 to cool down the card. Do I need to put another fan? where? IS it really necessary to put a fan on the G400 when running the system at 124fsb?

Regards,
Manoj Mahtani

[mragsdale]

Hey Manoj,
Don't you think you ought to start another thread to find out what's going on with your card?

Look in your other thread I have given you some suggestions, have you tried those yet?

Rags

[Maniac]

Well I dont have the full version of 3D Mark Max(can't believe so many of you do...)but I get 4096 3D marks at 640X480X16 AND at 800X600X16. Celery 464A G400 16meg DH O/C 150/200...need a P3 for fast benchmarks with 3DMark

[Kookstick]

ManojM- I just added another fan to my case, I decided not to put heatsinks on my memory chips but I made my own card cooler attached with a bracket to the side of the case so now having the front fan blowing in,the 4"fan blowing right on my card, the pentium fan on my heatsink of the G400, my processor fan and the power supply fan blowing out I can use powerstrip and get my memory at 205 core at 154 very stable.I believe that's the MAX speeds, The problem is that i'm not getting huge scores on 3Dmark99max in 800x600 mode, still at 4608. any suggestions on how to get this up to your scores? I don't want to OC my P3 just yet, would the fact that I have my refresh rate on optimal rather than 85 make a big diff? Or maybe I need to turn v-sink off for the benchmark. Any suggestions are appreciated. Sorry this is so long. Thanks

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ASUS P2B(1010),P3 450,G400 vanilla DH,ASUS 50X,128mb PC100,Mitsumi CDR,Iomega Zip,IBM 10 HDD,SB Live,Win98

[agallag]

Manoj, from bios package Bios_104.exe (The Unified DOS Utilities ver 1.04 Build 000)

Notice the version for G400. 1.5!! You gotta start reading things...

BIN files

(BIOSes that have changed are highlighted **)

**MGA G200 PCI BIOS version 2.6.17 899-26

**MGA G200 AGP BIOS version 2.6.20 900-26

**Mystique/Marvel G200 TVO AGP BIOS version 2.6.14 900-26TV

**Marvel G200 TVO PCI BIOS version 2.6.14 899-26TV

**MGA G400 BIOS version 1.5.22 897-15

**MGA G400 TVO BIOS version 1.5.11 897-15TV

[Kookstick]

I can barely make it over 4600 on 3dmark99max with my P3 not overclocked. Agp aperature at 64mb any suggestions on getting my score up a bit? BTW it was at 800x600 also

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ASUS P2B(1010),P3 450,G400 vanilla DH,ASUS 50X,128mb PC100,Mitsumi CDR,Iomega Zip,IBM 10 HDD,SB Live,Win98

[ManojM]

I read it but I didn't know what TV bios was.

You see my card has Dual Head so I thought that the TV bios be used.

Anyway, good that I didn't use the TV bios. The program automatically installed 897-15.bin for me. So everything is fine.

Regards,
Manoj Mahtani

[This message has been edited by ManojM (edited 08-16-1999).]

[This message has been edited by ManojM (edited 08-16-1999).]

[rickn]

why are you running your card at a 1:1 AGP ratio. At 124mhz AGP you are way over spec, so stop complaining about it locking up.

my benchmarks are
1024x768 32bbp 16bbp Z
timedemo 1 and 2 are 71-72fps
massive is 60fps
crusher is 41-43fps
mon2.dm2 is 70-71fps
one.dm2 is around 59-60fps

expendable 1024x768 32bbp is 52fps
forsaken 1024x768 32bbp is 169fps

mon2 and one are the special S3 levels of quake 2 that use large textures

this is on a celey 366@567 and a 32MB G400 at 150/200

[ManojM]

When did I say I am running at 1/1 AGP Ratio?

I am running at 2/3 AGP ratio at 124fsb.

By the way there is a new bios for the G400, right? Is it necessary to update the bios? What does it fix?

Regards,
Manoj Mahtani

[rickn]

I assumed you were. An 83mhz AGP bus shouldnt cause any trouble on the g400. Only way to figure out the cause of a lockup is to trouble shoot - go back to basics, then climb from there

yes, there is a 1.5-22 bios.

[ManojM]

My bios is now 1.3-22

I downloaded the new bios 1.4 from Matrox's web site. Where did you get the 1.5 bios?

And do we have to update it? I am using version 5.13 drivers.

Regards,
Manoj Mahtani

[mragsdale]

Hmmm.