AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.

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Mamba wrote on Yesterday, 05:36:
Ok. Reverted to 98SE. […]
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Ok.
Reverted to 98SE.

Radeon 7500 64mb DDR
I am getting 3200 points with Omega drivers and k6-III+ @600

Al wpcredit optimizations suggested gave me 50 points more, not so impressive.

Was expecting more since the gpu was supposed to be a match for gf2 GTS/Pro

It’s because of driver overhead. Older nVIDIA drivers were much better optimized for the K6-2/3 CPUs.
On the other hand, ATi never really had a properly optimized driver for the SS7 platform.

2 x PLCC-68 / 4 x PGA132 / 5 x Skt 3 / 1 x Skt 4 / 9 x Skt 7 / 12 x SS7 / 1 x Skt 8 / 14 x Slot 1 / 6 x Slot A
5 x Skt 370 / 8 x Skt A / 2 x Skt 478 / 2 x Skt 754 / 3 x Skt 939 / 7 x LGA775 / 1 x LGA1155
Current PC: Ryzen 7 9800X3D
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Reply 661 of 661, by Mamba

Posted on Yesterday, 06:23

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bloodem wrote on Yesterday, 05:58:

Mamba wrote on Yesterday, 05:36:
Ok. Reverted to 98SE. […]
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Ok.
Reverted to 98SE.

Radeon 7500 64mb DDR
I am getting 3200 points with Omega drivers and k6-III+ @600

Al wpcredit optimizations suggested gave me 50 points more, not so impressive.

Was expecting more since the gpu was supposed to be a match for gf2 GTS/Pro

It’s because of driver overhead. Older nVIDIA drivers were much better optimized for the K6-2/3 CPUs.
On the other hand, ATi never really had a properly optimized driver for the SS7 platform.

I am aware of that, still struggling to find online “7.76 ati equivalent”.
Nothing on first hand experience as well.
Guess I should be happy to see the card working.

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