using matrox tweak utility

[Mav451]

oh and btw

running MGATweak 1.20beta in the background fer the 135/170 settings...

OOOPS look at what i found...
Installation
============

To install, run the "setup" program included with this program.

Note: This program doesn't work with certain Matrox display drivers.
Specifically, this program doesn't work with Matrox display drivers that
are WHQL (Microsoft) certified.

I wonder if PD 6.72 is the WHQL certified...AIYA

[Mav451]

Greebe

Hey maybe i could get ur AIM sn so it'd be faster...

my sn: Maverick 451

[Greebe]

No wonder we have a problem Houston!... Your calling MGA Tweak, Matrox Tweak Utility... MGA Tweak can't disable Vsync.


Use this instead

http://www.murc.ws/Utilities/MTSTU40204.zip

That's MTST Utility version 4.02.04

[Greebe]

Seems many have forgot to read the readme.txt file on MGA Tweak... It OC's the card via the drivers and thus some things in the drivers have been changed since MGA Tweak was last updated.

[Mav451]

AIya...some miscomm

I mean i ALREADY have MGATweak running fine...

i just tried installing Matrox Tweak Utility, again, for the 5th time...which crashes...with the same message

yeah i'm not stupid

[Mav451]

wait a second

are u saying i have to disable MGATweak for the Matrox Tweak Utility to work??

[Greebe]

I asked what Matrox Tweak Utility you're running and your reply was...

OOps 1.12

That's not a version of Matrox Tweak Utility.


Next....

[Mav451]

hmm that's interesting

that's the version given in the readme file--i have installed that program so many times trying to get it to work
... and i'm not gonna reinstall that cursed program again just to prove it to you.

edit: actually readme wuz left unclosed...below

but anyway , how the heck do i use this new utility?

recommended clock settings? do i run it minimized? is their a readme with it? (link just points to a .zip with only the .exe in there)

overall recommended settings? how to i calculate the GPU/Mem clock speeds with the new utility (just has a big fat bar with a % at the end...)

[Mav451]

here we go

[English]
README.TXT MATROX GRAPHICS INC. 1999.09.13

Matrox Tweak Utility
Revision 1.12


Overview
========

With this program, you may be able to increase the clock speeds that the
Matrox display driver uses with your Matrox graphics card. Increasing
clock speeds may increase display performance.

Supported operating systems: Windows 95/98
Supported graphics cards: Matrox G400-based graphics cards
(including Millennium G400 MAX cards)

WARNING: With this program, you may be able to select settings that your
graphics card doesn't fully support. If unsupported settings are applied,
your display may become garbled or unusable.

Note: We recommend that only advanced users use this program. Matrox doesn't
provide additional customer support for this program.

[Greebe]

Look at the date... this has been replaced with MTST Utility

[Guru]

The latest version of Matrox Technical Support Tweak Utility( MTSTU40204.zip ) does not have a readme file included! please d/load the latest ver from http://www.matrox.com/mga/support/dr...s/ftp_util.cfm

[Mav451]

ok...

so does anyone have the readme from the previous versions? i'd like to see how it works in a general sense at least...

[Mav451]

Using MTSTU

aside from OCing the GPU/Memory...what settings will give me the best possible FPS?

i know i should disable Vsync in OpenGL

(that's...Page-Flipping Always Off??)

should i enable "advanced multitexturing"?? will that give me more fps?

wut about "SubImage Cache"?
shoudl i increase that setting?

[xortam]

MTSTU provides a help facility.