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First post, by petr0v@msn.com

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Hello
This is my first post on the forum and my first language is not English so don't be too hard on me.

As part of a project I'm doing I decided to test some graphics cards for basic stability to have a base to start working with.
All tests done in Final Reality--3DMARK99--3DMARK2000
All tests were done with just one pass and if there is an error I restart once and try again if it continues to give an error I do not do the next tests with that driver. As a bonus, I changed the bios from a TNT2 M64 to a TNT2 Vanta and I got 60% core OC without changing the bios I only got 45%.

I hope this information is useful to someone.

Test RIG
INTEL-SE440BX-2
PIII 500-100Mhz
512MB-100Mhz
AUDIO CT-4810
Cards
2 MX400 64Mb 128Bits: 199Mhz/167Mhz
2 MX400 64Mb 64Bits: 199Mhz/80Mhz
2 MX400 32Mb 64Bits : 143Mhz/71Mhz
MX200 64Mb 64-bit: 175Mhz/74Mhz
MSI MX200-PRO2 32Mb 64-bit: 175Mhz/167Mhz
TNT2 M64 PRO 32Mb 64-Bits: 133Mhz/143Mhz
3D Blaster CT6930 TNT2 16Mb 64-Bits: 125Mhz/143Mhz
TNT2 M64 VANTA 16Mb 64-Bits TNT 2 M64 BIOS: 125Mhz/143Mhz
TNT2 M64 VANTA 16Mb 64-Bits: 102Mhz/125Mhz
Creative Blaster CT6710 TNT 16MB 128-bit: 90Mhz/110Mhz

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DRIVER 43.45 to 81.98

Reply 1 of 6, by petr0v@msn.com

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Reply 2 of 6, by petr0v@msn.com

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Reply 3 of 6, by pshipkov

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Looks like the earliest driver has the least overhead.
Also, i think you final reality test result with driver 28.xx is reported incorrectly.
Thanks for sharing.

retro bits and bytes

Reply 4 of 6, by petr0v@msn.com

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pshipkov wrote on 2024-11-03, 17:50:

Looks like the earliest driver has the least overhead.
Also, i think you final reality test result with driver 28.xx is reported incorrectly.
Thanks for sharing.

Thanks
I will run the testes on 28.xx one more time.

Reply 5 of 6, by petr0v@msn.com

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Juste rerun the final reality test with some cards an got +or- the same results

Reply 6 of 6, by mihai

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Congrats for the effort. Even 45.23 drivers show lower performance compared to older drivers.