Best/most reliable G400 overclocking utility?

[Chris H]

Appologies if this has been asked before.

I want to overclock my G400 32MB Dual Head . What's the best program/utility for this?

[ManojM]

Hi!

I would also like to know!

I want to also know how to overclock!

Once I get my G400 Max I probably won't have to worry about overclocking.

Regards,
Manoj Mahtani

[Scytale]

Pick your camp

Just try it for yourself and see what suits you best:

There's g200clk, originally written for the G200 by Liew Khong Jye. It's a command line program with some limitations when it comes to the G400.

There's PowerStrip by Entech. This one uses a GUI (windows interface) and a single slider to satisfy your need for speed. It also offers many other features, like on the fly color/gamma correction.

And finally there's Liew's new program, currently in beta, called MGATweak. It also uses a GUI. You have to sign up for the beta in order to get it.

[Chris H]

Cheers, i'll give them a try

[Spider]

Hi Chris !

Right now these are the best OC utils PowerStrip 2.51.07,G400tweak(forREGHACKS),MGATWEAK wich is in beta but wery wery good util

here some BENCHM.:

useing PSTRIP:

3DMark Project:
3DMark Build Version: 200
Date: 1999.08.18
Time: 08:48:45
Project Name:G400+Pstrip@gclk150 VsyncON
Comments: Matrox MILL-G400 32 SH

O/C via Pstrip251.07

MEMCLK=200,3
GCLK=150,2
Vsync ON

Monitor RefrshRate 65hz@15inch
"TEST RUNS STABLE"


Project Settings (Template):
Rendering Platform: Internal (Matrox Millennium G400 - English)
Resolution: 1280*1024
Color Depth: 32-bit Color
CPU Optimization: Intel(r) Pentium(r) III
Z-Buffer: 32-bit
Frame Buffer: Triple buffering
Refresh Rate: 59 Hz
Looping: Disabled
Texture Format: 32-bit, 8888 RGBA
Run Tests: Once
Title Screen: Shown

Test Results:
3DMark Result : 3.042 3DMarks
Synthetic CPU 3D Speed : 7.339 CPU 3DMarks
Rasterizer Score : 1.634 3DRasterMarks
Game 1 - Race: 28,3 FPS
Game 2 - First Person: 32,9 FPS
Fill Rate : 158,6 MTexels/s
Fill Rate With Multi-Texturing : 188,9 MTexels/s
2MB Texture Rendering Speed: 136,9 FPS
4MB Texture Rendering Speed: 101,1 FPS
8MB Texture Rendering Speed: 86,2 FPS
16MB Texture Rendering Speed: 42,3 FPS
32MB Texture Rendering Speed: 25,2 FPS
Bump Mapping Emboss, 3-pass: 32,3 FPS
Bump Mapping Emboss, 2-pass: 46,7 FPS
Bump Mapping Emboss, 1-pass: 96,0 FPS
Point Sample Texture Filtering Speed: 116,6 %
Bilinear Texture Filtering Speed: 100,0 %
Trilinear Texture Filtering Speed: 79,2 %
Anisotropic Texture Filtering Speed: Not Supported
6 Pixel/individual: 1.963,5 KPolygons/s
6 Pixel/strips: 3.412,0 KPolygons/s
25 Pixel/individual: 1.159,4 KPolygons/s
25 Pixel/strips: 1.192,0 KPolygons/s
50 Pixel/individual: 793,2 KPolygons/s
50 Pixel/strips: 812,5 KPolygons/s
250 Pixel/individual: 291,9 KPolygons/s
250 Pixel/strips: 301,9 KPolygons/s
1000 Pixel/individual: 99,9 KPolygons/s
1000 Pixel/strips: 102,7 KPolygons/s

System:
Windows Version: Windows 4 A , Build 2222
DirectX Version: 4.06.03.0518
Bios Version: Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
Bios Date: 07/16/99
Total Physical Memory: 128 MB
Free Physical Memory: 39 MB

Processor:
Processor Type: Intel Pentium III
Processor Speed: 466 MHz
Processor Caps: MMX SSE
L1 Cache Size: 32 KB
L2 Cache Size: 512 KB

Desktop:
2D Display Adapter Name: Matrox Millennium G400 - English
2D Display Adapter Driver Date: 7-16-1999
Monitor Name: MicroScan 4P/4P+ (PS)
Monitor Driver Date: 4-23-1999
Desktop Resolution: 1024*768
Desktop Color Depth: 32-Bit Color

3D Accelerator:
Name: Matrox Millennium G400 - English
Driver Name: G400DD32.DLL
Driver Version: 4.11.01.1130
Total Video Memory On Card: 32.697 KB
Total Texture Memory: 83.897 KB
Bus: AGP

Supported Features:
16-bit Rendering
32-bit Rendering
Point Sampling
Point Sampling With Mip-Mapping
Bilinear Filtering
Bilinear Filtering With Mip-Mapping
Trilinear Filtering
Specular Gouraud Shading
Vertex Fox
Table Fog
W-Fog
Sub-Pixel Accuracy
Alpha Blending
Addivitive Alpha Blending
Multiplicative Alpha Blending
Vertex Alpha Blending
Vertex And Texture Alpha Blending

Supported 3D Display Modes:
320*200, 16bit color
320*240, 16bit color
320*400, 16bit color
400*300, 16bit color
512*384, 16bit color
640*400, 16bit color
640*480, 16bit color
800*600, 16bit color
1024*768, 16bit color
1152*864, 16bit color
1280*1024, 16bit color
320*200, 32bit color
320*240, 32bit color
320*400, 32bit color
400*300, 32bit color
512*384, 32bit color
640*400, 32bit color
640*480, 32bit color
800*600, 32bit color
1024*768, 32bit color
1152*864, 32bit color
1280*1024, 32bit color

Supported Texture Formats:
16-bit, 565 RGB
16-bit, 4444 RGBA
16-bit, 5551 RGBA
15-bit, 555 RGB
32-bit, 8888 RGBA
24-bit, 888 RGB

FinalReality:
Database Entry <G400+Pstrip@gclk150 VsyncOFF>

Benchmark results:
Radial blur, 5N, 47.83, rips, 6.616, Rmark
Chaos zoomer, 5N, 76.31, rips, 3.708, Rmark
25 Pixel, 5N, 420.21, kpps, 13.430, Rmark
Robots, 5N, 56.53, rips, 14.645, Rmark
Fillrate, 5N, 203.64, MPps, 44.077, Rmark
City scene, 5N, 78.34, rips, 19.439, Rmark
Video card bus transfer, 5N, 56.04, MBps, 1.784, Rmark
Direct3D bus transfer, 5N, 175.75, MBps, 15.021, Rmark
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Visual appearance, 100.00, percent
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Overall 3D, 5.168, Rmark
Overall 2D, 5.162, Rmark
Overall bus rate, 5.755, Rmark
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
OVERALL SCORE, 5.255, Rmark
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

useing MGETWEAKbeta009

3DMark Project:
3DMark Build Version: 200
Date: 1999.08.16
Time: 17:48:45
Project Name:G400 @ G400MAX128x1024X32
Comments:
Matrox Mill G400 SH

O/C via MGATWEAK beta 009

Project Settings (Template):
Rendering Platform: Internal (Matrox Millennium G400 - English)
Resolution: 1280*1024
Color Depth: 32-bit Color
CPU Optimization: Intel(r) Pentium(r) III
Z-Buffer: 32-bit
Frame Buffer: Triple buffering
Refresh Rate: 59 Hz
Looping: Disabled
Texture Format: 32-bit, 8888 RGBA
Run Tests: Once
Title Screen: Hidden

Test Results:
3DMark Result : 3.041 3DMarks
Synthetic CPU 3D Speed : 7.134 CPU 3DMarks
Rasterizer Score : 1.632 3DRasterMarks
Game 1 - Race: 28,3 FPS
Game 2 - First Person: 32,8 FPS
Fill Rate : 158,5 MTexels/s
Fill Rate With Multi-Texturing : 188,6 MTexels/s
2MB Texture Rendering Speed: 136,8 FPS
4MB Texture Rendering Speed: 101,0 FPS
8MB Texture Rendering Speed: 86,1 FPS
16MB Texture Rendering Speed: 42,2 FPS
32MB Texture Rendering Speed: 25,2 FPS
Bump Mapping Emboss, 3-pass: 32,3 FPS
Bump Mapping Emboss, 2-pass: 46,6 FPS
Bump Mapping Emboss, 1-pass: 95,5 FPS
Point Sample Texture Filtering Speed: 116,6 %
Bilinear Texture Filtering Speed: 100,0 %
Trilinear Texture Filtering Speed: 79,2 %
Anisotropic Texture Filtering Speed: Not Supported
6 Pixel/individual: 1.987,0 KPolygons/s
6 Pixel/strips: 3.405,5 KPolygons/s
25 Pixel/individual: 1.155,9 KPolygons/s
25 Pixel/strips: 1.189,3 KPolygons/s
50 Pixel/individual: 790,0 KPolygons/s
50 Pixel/strips: 809,4 KPolygons/s
250 Pixel/individual: 291,9 KPolygons/s
250 Pixel/strips: 302,3 KPolygons/s
1000 Pixel/individual: 100,4 KPolygons/s
1000 Pixel/strips: 103,3 KPolygons/s

System:
Windows Version: Windows 4 A , Build 2222
DirectX Version: 4.06.03.0518
Bios Version: Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
Bios Date: 07/16/99
Total Physical Memory: 128 MB
Free Physical Memory: 14 MB

Processor:
Processor Type: Intel Pentium III
Processor Speed: 466 MHz
Processor Caps: MMX SSE
L1 Cache Size: 32 KB
L2 Cache Size: 512 KB

Desktop:
2D Display Adapter Name: Matrox Millennium G400 - English
2D Display Adapter Driver Date: 7-16-1999
Monitor Name: ADI MicroScan 4P/4P+
Monitor Driver Date: 8-28-1998
Desktop Resolution: 1024*768
Desktop Color Depth: 16-Bit Color

3D Accelerator:
Name: Matrox Millennium G400 - English
Driver Name: G400DD32.DLL
Driver Version: 4.11.01.1130
Total Video Memory On Card: 32.698 KB
Total Texture Memory: 85.434 KB
Bus: AGP

Supported Features:
16-bit Rendering
32-bit Rendering
Point Sampling
Point Sampling With Mip-Mapping
Bilinear Filtering
Bilinear Filtering With Mip-Mapping
Trilinear Filtering
Specular Gouraud Shading
Vertex Fox
Table Fog
W-Fog
Sub-Pixel Accuracy
Alpha Blending
Addivitive Alpha Blending
Multiplicative Alpha Blending
Vertex Alpha Blending
Vertex And Texture Alpha Blending

Supported 3D Display Modes:
320*200, 16bit color
320*240, 16bit color
320*400, 16bit color
400*300, 16bit color
512*384, 16bit color
640*400, 16bit color
640*480, 16bit color
800*600, 16bit color
1024*768, 16bit color
1152*864, 16bit color
1280*1024, 16bit color
320*200, 32bit color
320*240, 32bit color
320*400, 32bit color
400*300, 32bit color
512*384, 32bit color
640*400, 32bit color
640*480, 32bit color
800*600, 32bit color
1024*768, 32bit color
1152*864, 32bit color
1280*1024, 32bit color

Supported Texture Formats:
16-bit, 565 RGB
16-bit, 4444 RGBA
16-bit, 5551 RGBA
15-bit, 555 RGB
32-bit, 8888 RGBA
24-bit, 888 RGB


FinalReality :

Database Entry <G400+MGATWEAK@gclk150 VsyncOFF2run>

Benchmark results:
Radial blur, 5N, 47.91, rips, 6.627, Rmark
Chaos zoomer, 5N, 76.29, rips, 3.707, Rmark
25 Pixel, 5N, 418.97, kpps, 13.390, Rmark
Robots, 5N, 56.66, rips, 14.680, Rmark
Fillrate, 5N, 203.17, MPps, 43.977, Rmark
City scene, 5N, 78.24, rips, 19.415, Rmark
Video card bus transfer, 5N, 178.19, MBps, 5.673, Rmark
Direct3D bus transfer, 5N, 177.18, MBps, 15.143, Rmark
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Visual appearance, 100.00, percent
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Overall 3D, 5.167, Rmark
Overall 2D, 5.167, Rmark
Overall bus rate, 8.514, Rmark
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
OVERALL SCORE, 5.669, Rmark
------------------------------------------------------------

summary :
POWERSTRIP 2.51.07: 3D mark 99max = 3.042
FinalReality= 5.225
MGATWEAKbeta009 : 3D mark 99max = 3.041
FinalReality= 5.669

make your choice...

[ManojM]

How do I sign up for the MGATweak?

Where can I get it?

Regards,
Manoj Mahtani

[Chris H]

Thanks for the benchmarks Spider

[Maniac]

ManojM you just may be the most helpless person I have ever come across. You are on the internet! do a search, do some reading!! Why post these insipid questions over and over on multiple threads??

[Spider]

"Thanks for the benchmarks Spider "

null problemo... !

[ManojM]

Maniac:

Sorry man. I guess I am more lazier than I thought.

I probably have to start doing some searching and reading myself. The problem is that I don't get that much free time as I have to run my company as well.

When I do get some free time I like to play half life! That game is too cool!

Anyway, this forum has been very helpful and I hate to see it go down.

Happy gaming!

Regards,
Manoj Mahtani



[This message has been edited by ManojM (edited 08-19-1999).]

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