First post, by Y2KBazo
- Rank
- Newbie
Hi all!
My favorite early 2ks pc runs a P3 733 on an Aopen AX34 with the VIA Apollo Pro 133a chipset, 256x2 CL2 sdram and a Geforce 2 TI at AGPx2. I also have an older 3Com etherlink card and a sb live 4760 in the pci slots. My issue with the machine is that no matter how many drivers i play with i can never get it running nearly as quick as it should be.
In W2K and WXP ive tried Nvidia drivers from the first that support the TI all the way to 45.23. 28.32 and 45.23 seem to work the best. VIA drivers 435, 443, 456 with 443 seeming to work the best.
Under NT oses these are my benches.
3dmark 01 i get at most 2200
3dmark 00 i get about 4000.
quake3 1024x768-16 demo four with no sound i get 75 frames, 58 with sound enabled.
In serious sam 1024x768-16 i get 38 frames on metropolis coop.
With windows 98 i get a bit better performance.
Under 98 with nvidia 28.32 and VIA 443 i get
3dmark 01 2400
3dmark 00 4900
Quake 3 1024x768-16 on demo 001 with an older version and no sound gets 86fps, 81 with 32 bit color.
Serious sam gets 50 fps on 1024x768-16 on metropolis coop.
Seems alot slower than equivilent machines to me. Sort of like the performance of a Geforce SDR. Is there anything im missing? Is there a different set of drivers i should try?
Thanks a bunch in advance!
Millennium Box: PIII 733EB, Aopen AX34 w/ 512MB CL2, Geforce 2 TI 64MB, Sb Live! ct4760 w/ Live! Drive.
3Dfx Box: DEC Venturis 5133, Pent 133, 64MB EDO, Voodoo 1 4MB, Awe64 Value.