Re: 6800GT Stock Cooling vs Aftermarket Cooling
Posted on 2015-08-09, 23:12
Fortunately the 6800 cards have nice separate RAM and VRM heatsinks that can continue to be used.
Re: 6800GT Stock Cooling vs Aftermarket Cooling
Posted on 2015-08-09, 18:29
My Ultra had a taller aluminum heat sink on the GPU. There are pics of the variations on Google images of course....
Re: Voodoo4 vs Matrox G400max
Posted on 2015-08-09, 16:44
Some time ago i tested some cards on my p3 1400. It is probably because of the driver but i got a higher score for the v5 5500 agp: 800x600 11429 3dmarks but lower for the v3 3500 with 7486 3dmarks. I used amigamerlin for both cards. Funny thing is your geforce1 is beating my geforce2Ti score. I …
Re: Voodoo4 vs Matrox G400max
Posted on 2015-08-09, 03:51
Ok here are results of testing of various cards on a KT333 w/ Athlon XP 2000+. Vsync disabled on all cards. Interesting results! http://i.imgur.com/EuslI9f.png http://i.imgur.com/ZDZIqIj.png http://i.imgur.com/oswoy8O.png http://i.imgur.com/ua4fUOB.png http://i.imgur.com/q8pxkqW.png http://i.imgur. …
Re: Voodoo4 vs Matrox G400max
Posted on 2015-08-09, 03:04
Do you prefer Rivatuner over PowerStrip? I've never used it, but like to check it out. It's useful for forcing different anti-aliasing modes. It lets you tweak a lot of NV functions. It does have an annoying install process though. On first run it does some kind of database processing that takes a …
Re: Voodoo4 vs Matrox G400max
Posted on 2015-08-09, 02:32
Yeah I am using Powerstrip 2.78 and Rivatuner to control VSync. Indeed the Matrox tool did not work for the G400. I usually watch for frame rates locked to the refresh rate but I guess I didn't notice it when I ran the older tests.
Re: Voodoo4 vs Matrox G400max
Posted on 2015-08-09, 00:13
I figured it out. Vsync. The Geforce 256 must have had vsync enabled. With vsync disabled the GF256DDR pulls ahead by about 700 pts on the Athlon XP that I have setup at the moment. I also tested Dethkarz and the results are similar. All at 800x600x16. I will post more data later on.
Re: Voodoo4 vs Matrox G400max
Posted on 2015-08-08, 22:36
Suspicious in what way? 3dmark99 uses DX6, so GeForce can't flex its T&L-muscle yet. In OpenGL, T&L does get used. Aside from that, Matrox never had very good OpenGL drivers, while nVidia has been the benchmark. GeForce 256 SDR has a memory bandwidth deficit but almost double the fillrate of G400 …
Re: 6800GT Stock Cooling vs Aftermarket Cooling
Posted on 2015-08-08, 22:13
I've had one of those linked Chinese coolers on a 6800 Ultra for years and it works fine. It will hit 80C but that is a fairly typical load temperature for the 6800 cards. It's much quieter than the stock cooler (it's basically inaudible) and runs about the same temperature range. I think 6800 is …
Re: Voodoo4 vs Matrox G400max
Posted on 2015-08-08, 16:40
Here's what I saw when I tested cards on a P3 1400 a few years ago. G400 is looking a bit suspicious in its performance. Filename graph_3dmark99.png File size 4.92 KiB Views 651 views And Quake2 Filename graph_quake2.png File size 5.69 KiB Views 651 views
Re: Voodoo4 vs Matrox G400max
Posted on 2015-08-08, 05:07
I wouldn't put much stock in 3DMark99. Test games. Matrox seems to have optimized for 3DMark99.
Re: S3 AGP Cards (and possibly others) Too Bright
Posted on 2015-08-08, 04:59
I still wonder if it's related to TV output somehow. If you output TV levels to a monitor, black becomes grey.
Re: Voodoo4 vs Matrox G400max
Posted on 2015-08-07, 18:56
32 bit color has a significant speed impact with these cards so I see nothing wrong with using 16 bit. The old games don't benefit all that much from more color depth anyway.
Re: S3 AGP Cards (and possibly others) Too Bright
Posted on 2015-08-07, 17:42
S3 Vision 968 cards with VRAM cost similar to a Matrox card so it should be good quality. The Trio, Virge, and Savage chips tend to be on cheaply-built cards.
Re: Voodoo4 vs Matrox G400max
Posted on 2015-08-07, 17:31
Scali wrote: The GeForce256 did not support EMBM, and I'm not sure if any GeForce card ever did, to be honest. Radeons from that era supported botw EMBM and DOT3 if I recall correctly. Radeon, Kyro, and GeForce 3.
Re: Retrotunes as your cellphone ringtone
Posted on 2015-08-05, 21:30
For notifications I have the translator chirp from Unreal and the futuristic toilet flush from Deus Ex Invisible War.
Re: Creative Voodoo Banshee AGP freezes in Direct3D Apps...
Posted on 2015-08-04, 19:26
I have used DirectX Buster with 98SE many times. I don't think it caused the problem.
Re: Creative Voodoo Banshee AGP freezes in Direct3D Apps...
Posted on 2015-08-04, 18:44
DirectX Buster is what you want to uninstall DirectX.
Re: Descent II Hardware-Accelerated
Posted on 2015-08-04, 17:56
As for Descent 1, the unofficial 3dfx patch can run 800x600 even on Voodoo Graphics. That's what the readme file states and it actually works :) The game doesn't use z-buffering then. Mechwarrior 2 and a few other games could do 800x600 on Voodoo1 because they took this approach. I can't seem to …
Re: Creative Voodoo Banshee AGP freezes in Direct3D Apps...
Posted on 2015-08-04, 17:52
I've had weird problems like this but I can't remember what the deal was anymore. Are you using a number of other PCI cards? I'd remove everything except the video card and try that way. What chipset BIOS settings are you using? Some MVP3 BIOS settings cause problems.
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