cxm717 wrote on 2018-05-31, 23:48:

Here is my driver testing for the G400/G450 under windows 98: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OXrT5 … dit?usp=sharing Ke […]
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feipoa wrote:

I'm a little confused. Could you clarify which was the best driver version in Quake 3 for the G450 and for G400Max under a) Win98SE, b) WinNT4, c)W2K, and d) XP? Were these driver revisions still the best under Quake 1 and Quake 2?

EDIT: I'm also curious what the driver revision outcome is for the G200, G550, and Parhelia.

Here is my driver testing for the G400/G450 under windows 98: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OXrT5 … dit?usp=sharing Keep in mind that vsync was stuck on in Unreal and it was in D3d. OpenGL mode just crashes. I think it's because it is the GoG version of Unreal gold. I did use a refresh rate of 75Hz, which is the highest my panel supports.

As for the Parhelia, I didn't test the performance of all the drivers with Quake1 and 2. I did try those games on each driver. GLQuake seems to run fine with most drivers. Quake2 has problems with many of the drivers. The best drivers for Quake2 for the Parhelia are either 105, 106, 107 or 203. 105-107 run fastest while 203 looks the best imo. 203 was the first Parhelia driver that gave the game nice round particles.

I don't have a G550 atm so I can't test it, I do have a G200 and I do plan on testing it. My G200 is an OEM card with lower clocks and SDRAM though.

I also have not done thorough driver testing with NT4. I can confirm it has the same driver bug as 2k/XP in Quake3 though. Maybe they all use the same OpenGL ICD? I have done driver testing with the G450 under XP and Ive done some testing with Win2k. I could link them at some point. The Win2k testing is pretty much the same as XP though, it does use the same drivers.

I came across those benchmark results while trying to configure a Matrox G400 Dual Head in Windows XP 5.1 (RTM).

The glitch was all the drivers I tried were disabling features. Some disabled the Dual Head (by not detecting an LCD screen), some disabled D3D, etc.

In the end I found the best compatibility came from Matrox PowerDesk for Windows 2000/XP Revision 5.82.018 as this seems to enable everything simultaneously.

However, in my tests, the best performance according to MadOnion was delivered by version.... Microsoft stock driver! So, hmm.. maybe a there needs to be an Omega hybrid of files from different releases?