G200 and 3dMark2000 and ques..tions

[yepitsme]

I got 2636 points and games are finally
running ok. I use to have p2 333 but i
slightly updated to p3 800 ( not oc yet ).
How high G200 can be oc'd ?

I think its time to buy new Matrox card,
what has best value for money G400 or G450,
is there much difference in gaming between
16 an 32 Mb, does memory type make any real
difference in G450, if i use dual head system does it work better with 32Mb, how
high AGP-speeds G400/G450 can handle, did i forgot to ask something ?

P3-800/100MHz
AOpen ax6bc
192Mb PC-100
G200 ( 141/106MHz )

Thanks

[yepitsme]

results with different resolutions

2638 / 640x480
1841 / 600x800
1176 / 1024x768

i installed an old p2 fan to the top of
the G200 heatsink just to make it run cooler.
i have AGP-speed as 1 to FSB ( 100 MHz )
can be set to 2/3 but didn't notice any
difference.

to the Maggi, how high AGP-speeds G4x0 can
handle ? Is there known speeds that does not work and speeds that work (AGP/FSB) with
Gx0 cards ?

Thanks again

[arbymo]

with my MGA-G200 8 MB SDRAM, i can go as high as 150/112.5.
u won't notice much difference with ur new cpu anyway. i have a celeron 300A@450, and when i put in a P3-450@600, it was the same speed in quake2. that was a year ago.
i think u could jump this generation and wait for the next Matrox generation if it's ever released

[Maggi]

To be honest, there is no general rule which card is able to handle high FSBs best, but there were quite some interesting configurations around these halls and some went up to AGP2x at 93MHz AGP bus (140MHz FSB, using 2:3 dividers) ...

Do a search for "G400 AGP bus FSB" or something like that.

Cheers,
Maggi

[SteveC]

2636 for a G200?! That's actually pretty impressive... anyway, for your answer to your G4x0 queries, this thread might help: http://forums.murc.ws/ubb/Forum3/HTML/002919.html

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Cheers,
Steve

"Life is what we make of it, yet most of us just fake"

[Maggi]

At what resolution did you run 3D Mark ???