PowerDesk 6.00 beta opinions

[Sanjuro Makabe]

Well,
Here are some things I found using the new PowerDesk 6 beta.
1) Quake3: Arena works fine with and without TurboGL 1.3, but still slower than PD5.30
2) Unreal Tournament performs the same as other driver releases
3) 3DMark2000 scores is ~100 points lower than PD5.55

These are what I found, and might not affect others...please tell me what your thoughts are on the new PD6 beta...thx

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Sanjuro Makabe

P!!!550E @ 733Mhz
ASUS P3V4X 1004.02, 4in1 4.22, AGP 4.03
128Mb PC100 C2 Ram
Matrox G400Max PD6.00 beta
SBLive! LW3.0
WinMe 4.90.2525

[shogun]

I'm yet to get anything other than a black screen on my primary display once windows boots on my machine. However the secondary display works fine?! Trying various things at the moment to see if I can get it to work. Note I can get a text mode full screen back if i open a dos prompt alt alt-enter it...

[Shoyu]

Performance is generally worse (than 5.55) in Quake3 and Quake1 TF.

I wasn't intending to revert back to old drivers even if performance is worse, but then I find out that Quake1 TF doesn't play properly

Are beta testers aware of problems in QuakeWorld? The models/textures are all flashing... disappearing and reappearing at about 10Hz. Sometimes this graphics glitch won't happen at start-up, but simply jump into water for example and voila

[Targon]

Just an idea, have you tried to reset your refresh rate on your primary display, or to reset the resolution on the primary when you have the problem? I know that my monitor won't even come up if it gets a signal outside it's range. This is a protection feature built into many newer monitors to protect them from damage.

[Shoyu]

Properly uninstalled old drivers.
Don't use TurboGL.

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Shoyu
Celeron 300A, Asus P2B, 128MB PC-100, Matrox G400 MAX.

[Tumu]

Shoyu, last time (a long time ago) I got a reply to the GLQuake/GLQW problem from BBs, the reason was that nobody of the BB bunch has a Quake1 so they can't test it. Dunno if Matrox Tech Support has it either.. In any case, the GLQuake/GLQW bug is still in the OpenGL ICD and might show up with other games too.

.Tumu

[cjolley]

I would like to offer my services as a Quake1/world beta tester.
Haig, just e-mail me the NDA and drivers any ol' time.
chuck

[vanguardian1]

Quake 3 crashes to the desktop when I try to load a level now. Didn't with 5.52/5.55.

Gigabyte 7IXE
Athlon 700
Matrox G400 Mini-Max

[Micko]

All games and benchmarks I tried (Q3, SOF, MDK2, 3DMark 2000 and DMZG) gained 1-5 fps and what is really nice is that new Need for Speed tablefog works now. I'm very glad of that!

Thanks Matrox, very good drivers!

-Micko

PS. Did everyone uninstall old drivers? If you have problems with PD6, try uninstalling.

[wit]

Which CPU do You have? On PII/Celeron there are all the same problems with NFS5 and fog as in 5.52

[Micko]

I have P3-500(oc'd 560)Mhz.
So you still have problems with fog?
Did you uninstall old drivers before PD6?

-Micko

[wit]

Yes, everything looks like with 5.52
Coud You try this simple app: http://malenstwo.iinf.polsl.gliwice....TestVBbin.zip? And send me results?
(select Triangle Strip and test varius options Texture/Multitexture with Fog table On/Off)

[Micko]

Strange, I just yesterday played NFS-PU and fog really is there. And I know what I'm talking about, 'cause I'm the one who started this fog-thing about year ago. But I try that program you suggested and let's see then...

-Micko

[Grego]

I went back to pd5.52 after trying these betadrivers, in the Diablo 2 stress test I got bsod's after a few minutes, never happened before, and in Planescape:Torment there were some weird effects once or twice - nothing serious however. I'll just wait for the final release.

Jesper

[antdude]

Grego: No problems with my D2.