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**paulcs** · 5 December 1999, 11:03

You are running very slow in Quake2. What processor are you using?

Is duel-head enabled? Are you using the drivers that shipped with the board?

If you could give us some details about your system and configuration, it would be helpful.

Paul
paulcs@flashcom.net

[This message has been edited by paulcs (edited 05 December 1999).]

**Nuno** · 5 December 1999, 11:14

Check if the G400 isn´t sharing any IRQ and if bus-mastering is enabled. Without bus mastering, you would get numbers like that.

Just to compare, I get 59 fps at 1024x768x16, 32-bit z-buffer, trilinear filtering, with sound on - timedemo 1. That´s with a G400 oc´ed to MAX speeds and a celeron 450 (so I´m not even using turboGL here...)

Oh and your link is bad. Here:
http://www.g256.com/

[This message has been edited by Nuno (edited 05 December 1999).]

**paulcs** · 5 December 1999, 12:35

I like the bus mastering theory, although it was enabled by default after every driver install I've done.

Something's wrong, Krider. The G400 likes fast processors, but even with a slow CPU, you should be doing *a lot* better.

Paul
paulcs@flashcom.net

**Krider** · 5 December 1999, 13:48

I'm running an AMD K6-2 350 with 64 megs of ram. In quake 2 i'm running it at 640 x 480 with 16 bit color. Dual-head is not enabled. No i am not using the drivers that were shipped with the board. I'm using the second newest ones. I didn't put those new ones on yet.

What do you have your max_fps in quake 2 set to? And what do you have your rate set too?

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Krider
www.g256.com

**Krider** · 5 December 1999, 13:50

WHere do i find the bus mastering option, is that in the bios?

I'm pretty sure i have it enabled, but i will double check.

Is there a icd that i need for quake 2??

What video mode should i have it on? Default opengl??

**RichieJarvis** · 5 December 1999, 14:00

I also use an AMD, but mine is K6-2 400, plus a G400 32MB DH. I also get quite crappy scores, see below :

Demofile 640x480 800x600 1024x768
Demo1.dm2 33.3 33.5 31.8
Demo2.dm2 31.9 32.5 32.3
Crusher.dm2 17.1 17.0 16.9
Massive1.dm2 25.7 25.2 24.7

And I had a Voodoo 2 before this as well, and I was getting alot better than that. If you do find the magic answer (apart from upgrading the CPU) please let me know!

Cheers,

Richie

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Systems:

Mine :
AMD K6-2 400
FIC VA-503+
64MB PC-100
Matrox G400
17GB HD
36x CD-ROM
Logictec Trackman Marble +

Hers:
AMD K6-2 450
FIC VA-503+
64MB
Matrox Mystique 220
Voodoo 2
2GB HD
6.4GB HD
6x CD-ROM

Spare:
Intel P200 MMX
TX M/B
32MB
Cirrus Logic 5446 (2MB)
Voodoo 1
2GB HD
24x SCSI CD-ROM
2x2x6 SCSI RICOH MP6200S CD-ReWriter

**Nuno** · 5 December 1999, 14:16

You can find the bus mastering option in the powerdesk 5.xx, it is integrated with windows display properties

display properties -> Advanced -> options -> Use bus mastering.

Now let´s see... a K6-2 350 isn´t really cutting edge nowadays. It should have the raw fpu power of a P233-266 MMX. With the Voodoo2, I think you have been using the 3dnow! OpenGl patch, that used with the Voodoo2 was really efective because it used the SIMD intructions on the cpu. I don´t know if the 3d now! opengl patch only works with voodoo cards or if it works also with other renderers.

**Krider** · 5 December 1999, 14:29

Nuno: Well i'm also going to test this G400 out on a P3 500. But i want to be able to get it running good on this machine as well. i should definatly get higher fps's then what i'm getting now. There's no question about it. Something is not right.

I do have bus mastering enabled!

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Krider
www.g256.com

**Nuno** · 5 December 1999, 15:49

Krider: Do you have the latest chipset (Via, Sis) drivers? You may as well search for Joel in the fori, he´s got plenty of experience with super7 platform and G400.

Since you are going to test it in a PIII, don´t forget to install turboGl

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