What are those beta Boyz Smokin now...???

[ALBPM]

Just got finished with a bit of an upgrade. Here are a few initial benchmarks.

Quake2 Timedemo 1 16 bit color
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640x480 = 147.8 FPS
800x600 = 120.4 FPS
1024x768= 79.5 FPS

3D Mark 2000 Default test 1024x768 16 bit
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3411 3D Marks
291 CPU Marks

3D Mark 99 800x600 16 bit default test
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8050 3D Marks
13265 CPU Marks

Paul

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[This message has been edited by ALBPM (edited 07 January 2000).]

[GD]

Hi,

Compared to my score, anything above 2000 3Dmarks looks awfully high to me...

Anyway you seem to have reached my friend's Athlon + GeForce

It seems like the G400 is a very good card but a bit CPU limited... Maybe I should consider a CPU upgrade. My PII 450 is just too low...

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PC Power and Cooling Deluxe Chrome Tower case and 300W ATX Power Supply, Dual Slot1 440GX AMI MegaRUM II motherboard, 128MB of ECC 100 MHz SDRAM, PII 450 MHz, Matrox G400 MAX, Seagate Cheetah 9,1GB @ primary SCSI Ultra2 Wide controller, Hitachi 4x DVD-ROM, Panasonic (Matsushita) LS-120 Drive, Terratec EWS64XL sound card.

[Agent31]

Congratulations Paul, you now have the highest CPU clock speed on the forums!

Now, when are we gonna all hook up again from some UT/HL/Q3 frags?

Dave

btw, I'm not letting those benches go unchallenged...

[Wombat]

Four little words:

<H1> D - A - M - N !

[RAB]

Just be patient Wombat. When your Athlon gets here, you too can have scores like those. Especially if you get the golden fingers.
RAB

[This message has been edited by RAB (edited 07 January 2000).]

[paulcs]

We don't like to think of the G400 as "CPU limited." We take the glass is half full approach, and say that it is very "scalable," that it is more "future proof" than most boards, and that it likes a fast CPU.

Paul
paulcs@flashcom.net

[Agent31]

paulcs, well said

[JWilliams]

From the thread on G400 scaling....Maggi told me how to cut n paste 3DMark2000. From the numbers, this is K7@750 vs Pauls damn fine PIII@868. PD5.30(Me)
RESULTS
Platform: Internal
3DMark Result: 3019 3D marks
CPU Speed: 201 CPU 3D marks

TEMPLATE
Display:
Type: Internal
Width: 1024
Height: 768
Depth: 16-Bit
Buffering: Triple
Z-Buffering: 16-Bit
Refresh Rate: VSync Off
Texture Format: 16-Bit

PROCESSOR
CPU Information:
Processor Type AMD-K7(tm) Processor
Processor Speed 750MHz
Processor Caps Enhanced 3DNow!/MMX
* And 3dMark 99 *

3DMark Result : 7,406 3DMarks
Synthetic CPU 3D Speed : 13,948 CPU 3DMarks

[Wombat]

RAB,
I don't know. I can't talk myself into springing for a G400. I may have to stick with the G200 I have for a while.
However, the CPU should show some potential. It's a 500@600, from Step Thermodynamics. It was $300, including cooling, and a nice long warranty on both. I plan on putting an Eclipse (or Step's similar unit, due out in a few weeks) on there, and seeing what it can do.

[Agent31]

I'm sorry, all this 3DMark99MAX is making me nostalgic, and ill! Sorry, time to move into the 2000's people, or better yet, drop the synthetic benches and use real games. =) Quake2/3 is good with me...

[Maggi]

Congrats Pauly !

You really got a bud-kicking beast to tame...

Could you check out if the scaling is still present when clocking back to let's say 800MHz ?

There must be a limit on the G400, but not even Greebe with his 900MHz Athlon seems to have reached it.

Cheers,
Maggi

[Maggi]

Hey Pauly,

yould you hop over here: http://www.maximumhardware.com/main.html#bench

And see what your rig pumps out compared to that GeForce ?

They posted pretty much details on the configs they used to bench ...

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Cheers,
Maggi
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sig ? ... I don't need np friggin' sig !

my perfect card ? ... it suits my needs and I own it !

[Greebe]

WooHoo Pauly!!! finely some real competition

Rob, "Step's" crap sucks! Their HS fan combo is a piece of shit and they're only marketing it like they are because they can't sell their shit otherwise.

Agent, did you forget the "Boom Baby" thread?
I've been upto 900!

Paul's Q2 scores are the same as mine @ 850 in software mode and at 6x4 and 8x6, but the 3DNow whams him @1024x768 = 90.9

The 3Dfarq2k score is the same except for the cpu test which he wins by 70 some and I'm = to him in 99 except in the CPUmark 99 test where I beat him by roughly 2000. Go figure... Gefarq and Intel biased benchmarks... geesh

after I tested @ 900, me Max has had some problems... still trying to resolve the issue... but the cpu is still solid as a rock (could be an issue with all the drivers etc I test so frequently)

[Wombat]

Ouch Greebe. Your the first person I've heard scathe Step that way. Makes me think twice. I'd just heard nothing but good things about them beforehand.

[Jorden]

It does make you wonder what even an older benchmark program produces. Anyone want to step in with the likes of Benchmark95?

Whoohoo Pauly, that's smokin'... Was it cheese or first grade G400-pot?

Okay, place your bets here!!!
Who's the first to break 1GHz, outside of Intel itself?
[list=a][*] Greebe's Athlon self-made-mod-combo[*] Pauly's Intel self-made-pot-combo[/list=a]

<font size=4>!! Place your bets NOW !!</font>

The winner will get Pauly's old rig (386-SX-33, OC'ed to an unbelievable 366MHz... Yeah right !! )

Jorden.