g400max , PIII and q3test2 (1.06)

[MarcelM]

Oooopssss....

my mistake.....

Well I played a little around with the settings, and if I leave the Texture Size on High, disable High quality sky and texture mode: GL linear MIPMAP Nearest
Texture Quality: 32 Bit
Color Depth : 32 Bit
resolution: 1024 * 768
and Billinear filtering

I get: 34 FPS with my G400 - 16 MB..... :-)
in the timedemo1
It's playable, and looks nice 2.....

But still, when I use Texture Size Highest
the performance drops like an fly..... :-(

But only after a second or 15 - 20....
The first 15 - 20 seconds the timedemo1 runs
good. After that is hopeless.......

What's goin' on here??????
Drivers????

MarcelM

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G400-16MB, Abit BX6 rev2, 96 MB, 6.4 GB Hdd (3x), Pent. II 350 Mhz (3.5 * 112)

[tombman]

The texture size gets really BIG when set to the highest setting !!
So i think the 16 MB RAM is not enough and not the g400 !

Besides : Someone mailed me that he got 46 FPS on a herc tnt2ultra !
I boosted my creative tnt2ultra to 170/210
and got ~40 FPS at 1024*768*32 all details maxed out EXCEPT SKY OFF AND ONLY BILINEAR !

I hope to break the 50 FPS barrier with a g400max and my PIII558 ;-)

Now i play at 16 BIT at 55 FPS and when i can get this at 32 bit i will change ;-)

Cu..........

p.s.: FOR ALL THE OTHERS : GIVE ME NUMBERS !!!!! (quake3test2 32 Bit 1024*768*32 all settings at the max , only sky off and bilinear !!)

[NOYB2]

"PLEASE COULD SOMEONE POST BENCHMARKS !!
I am interested in 1024*768*32 , 32 bit textures , AND ALL SETTINGS TO THE MAX ( EXCEPT ONLY BILINEAR AND ONLY SKY HIGH SPEED) on the map q3testdemo1.dm3 !!"

Sure thing.

"DUAL TESTS are welcome too !"

Okie Doke

"My System : PIII 558 (oc) , tnt2ultra (170/190) , 320 MB ram -----> 36,6 FPS !!"

My system: dual celeron 512 MHz, tnt2 ultra 150/183, 128 MB ram -------> 35 FPS!!

Just so you know. SMP makes almost no difference.

"You should have a PIII and a g400max !"

Sorry man. I cancelled my G400 MAX when it became apparent the wait was going to be ridiculous.

"Don´t forget : ONLY SKY HIGH SPEED and BILINEAR all else FULL DETAIL , EVEN SOUND !"

Did just that.

What can you get from these results?

TNT2 Ultra is the holdup.

Scotty! We need more power!!!

[tombman]

TnT2 is the holdup ?

YES and that is why i will get a g400max .
I am sure it will be by the end of july or the beginning of august !

I overclocked my tnt2u even further (170/215) and it is clear that the fps is rising LINEAR with the mem clock !!

Now it is 42 FPS !! (instead of 37 !)

Cu........

[MarcelM]

Hi Joel,

I use g200clk /1 300
I get much better framerates then when I would use g4set.

I did like u wrote:
g4set -sclk 300 -div 1/2 2/3 1/2
Now I get only 16.02 FPS in Q3testdemo 1
at 800 * 600 * 32
When I use g200clk /1 300
I get 35.7 FPS using 800 * 600 * 32

Marcel

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G400-16MB, Abit BX6 rev2, 96 MB, 6.4 GB Hdd (3x), Pent. II 350 Mhz (3.5 * 112)

[Zyn]

I just got done downloading Q3atest2.
Me and my G400Max will do a little benchmarking tommarrow and I will post it.
Patience is a virtue. I guess you never heard of that.

[NOYB2]

Patience is a virtue is a nice saying, but Fools rush in, is another.

Please do post your results on you card.