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  • #1

    Help for a Newbie required plz

    I have just got a G400Max and I'm running PD 5.41 on a PIII 500 with 128MB of ram sat in a Supermicro P6SBA... Are there any tweaks i should be making, reading through all the posts has confused me a little. I would appreciate any help
    Thanx in advance

    [This message has been edited by Monz (edited 04 December 1999).]
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  • #2
    well,
    first, how's it running?
    second, have you thought about o/c'ing the card or the cpu?
    jim

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    • #3
      TurboGL would be the biggest "tweak" for certain OpenGL games.

      Matrox also has a tweaking utility that allows you to overclock your board (be careful!) and disable Vsync.

      The faster your processor, the faster your G400.

      Jim's first question is the key to all this. How's it running?

      Paul
      paulcs@flashcom.net

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      • #4
        It seems to be running great... but if it will run greater then I ought to be doing it... didn't I

        PS. Do you know if I can run my CPU any faster on the motherboard that I have (Supermicro P6SBA)

        Thanx for your prompt responses
        btw... I am well pleased with the card

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        • #5
          I have a supermicro P6SBA and i know 100% that they are 10000% non-overclockable. They have just a 66/100 MHz bus speed selection via an onboard jumper - no bios fsb settins in this motherboard. On the otherhand the board is 100% stable and i have had not one problem with it with my matrox 32Mb single head..
          AthlonXP 1700+@1900+(1.59GHz) on Abit KG7, 512Mb DDRram, Elsa Gladiac 920, SB 128 pci, ADI microscan 17in monitor, Pioneer 6x dvd rom,Ricoh7083CDRW, 56k modem

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          • #6
            I really don't think so, as you have an older, fairly inflexible motherboard. It autodetects the spec speed your processor (in this case, 100 MHz) and sets the FSB at 66 or 100 MHz, depending on the processor.

            Your processor, given a motherboard with user-defined bus speed options, is *probably* overclockable. Most PIII 500's make it to 560 MHz fairly easily, and, in my experience, without voltage tweaking or additional cooling. Of course, there are no guarantees.

            Paul
            paulcs@flashcom.net

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            • #7
              Thank you everybody for your help...

              I will live with it as it is.. for God's sake, it is quick!

              Regards
              Monz

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