Decivox wrote on 2025-07-29, 01:33:

If you send me a link to the demo I can try it out, I am not familiar with it. […]
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Dothan Burger wrote on 2025-07-28, 22:50:

Decivox wrote on 2025-07-28, 22:16:

So I ran 3DMark 2001 yesterday with the 55.64 driver and got ~9200.

I then decided to install an FPS to test input lag since I hadnt tried one yet so I installed Tribes 2. Loaded it up and got crazy artifacting. Updated to 77.72 and Tribes 2 worked great, and I noticed no input lag. Were you using a USB keyboard and mouse? I am on PS/2 for both.

I re-ran 3DMark 2001 with the 77.72 drivers and get 8650 now. Perhaps I could change to a bit of an earlier driver for better results and still have Tribes 2 work, but right now the GPU isnt holding me back from playing what I want.

Yeah, I always use PS2 with 98. One application that I could easily reproduce the lag in was the Chameleon demo, It's hard to make the Chameleon spin as fast with a mouse flick as other systems. And the demo would hitch every color change.

I'm glad the card is working out for you. Though it is surprising that it doesn't support palleted textures, I thought the FX 5900 did.

If you send me a link to the demo I can try it out, I am not familiar with it.

I decided to try forcing everyone's favorite driver, 45.23, through the device manager, and although it would install, it would never load. My research indicated that 61.77 and 67.66 perform better than 77.72, so I tried them both. Surprisingly they are the only driver version to support the FX 1300 out of the box - no NVAML edits required.

61.77 I get artifacting again in Tribes 2. Didnt bother with 3DMark.

67.66 Tribes 2 works without issue and my 3DMark 01 score went up to 9832. I dont have time now, but will do more testing and report back.

It's a Nvidia Geforce 3 tech demo. A chameleon walks on a branch with mouse control to manipulate the view point. https://international.download.nvidia.com/dow … s/Chameleon.exe

Dothan Burger wrote on 2025-07-30, 01:12:

Decivox wrote on 2025-07-29, 01:33:

If you send me a link to the demo I can try it out, I am not familiar with it. […]
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Dothan Burger wrote on 2025-07-28, 22:50:

Yeah, I always use PS2 with 98. One application that I could easily reproduce the lag in was the Chameleon demo, It's hard to make the Chameleon spin as fast with a mouse flick as other systems. And the demo would hitch every color change.

I'm glad the card is working out for you. Though it is surprising that it doesn't support palleted textures, I thought the FX 5900 did.

If you send me a link to the demo I can try it out, I am not familiar with it.

I decided to try forcing everyone's favorite driver, 45.23, through the device manager, and although it would install, it would never load. My research indicated that 61.77 and 67.66 perform better than 77.72, so I tried them both. Surprisingly they are the only driver version to support the FX 1300 out of the box - no NVAML edits required.

61.77 I get artifacting again in Tribes 2. Didnt bother with 3DMark.

67.66 Tribes 2 works without issue and my 3DMark 01 score went up to 9832. I dont have time now, but will do more testing and report back.

It's a Nvidia Geforce 3 tech demo. A chameleon walks on a branch with mouse control to manipulate the view point. https://international.download.nvidia.com/dow … s/Chameleon.exe

Ah yea.. the DX demo runs somewhat smoothly and I can get the camera spinning pretty good, but once the chameleon changes colours, I get a fairly bad lag spike.

The GL demo just runs like a slide show the whole time.

Decivox wrote on 2025-07-31, 22:45:

Dothan Burger wrote on 2025-07-30, 01:12:

Decivox wrote on 2025-07-29, 01:33:

If you send me a link to the demo I can try it out, I am not familiar with it. […]
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If you send me a link to the demo I can try it out, I am not familiar with it.

I decided to try forcing everyone's favorite driver, 45.23, through the device manager, and although it would install, it would never load. My research indicated that 61.77 and 67.66 perform better than 77.72, so I tried them both. Surprisingly they are the only driver version to support the FX 1300 out of the box - no NVAML edits required.

61.77 I get artifacting again in Tribes 2. Didnt bother with 3DMark.

67.66 Tribes 2 works without issue and my 3DMark 01 score went up to 9832. I dont have time now, but will do more testing and report back.

It's a Nvidia Geforce 3 tech demo. A chameleon walks on a branch with mouse control to manipulate the view point. https://international.download.nvidia.com/dow … s/Chameleon.exe

Ah yea.. the DX demo runs somewhat smoothly and I can get the camera spinning pretty good, but once the chameleon changes colours, I get a fairly bad lag spike.

The GL demo just runs like a slide show the whole time.

That's been my experience as well, thanks for trying.