Reply 220 of 495, by KEC
Hey guys I love the forum and the benchmark suite.. I was going threw my computers and doing a full cleaning since I use to smoke around them and they're pretty nasty. Stumbled across this thread and started benching my systems, which has really got me tweaking and tuning everything.. I've found a nice bit of untapped power in each one..
I've added 3 machines so, working on the 4th now and I'm noticing some trends..
1. VIA's DOS performance is horrible
2. Nvidia's DOS performance is horrible, esp with a VIA chipset.. Appears Geforce 6 series and above are some how limited in DOS.
3. Voodoo cards rock for DOS and scale incredibly well.. My V3 3000 AGP scores Identical to an ATI X800 and kills my Nvidia cards.
It's seems to suggest the V3 is keeping up with a 1g PIII which is cool considering it came out with CPU's in the 400-500mhz range
and only supports AGP 2x. Also the V5 5500 is identical to the V3 3000 in DOS. It acts like only use the first of the two GPU's
is being used so maybe it needs windows drivers to unlock the 2nd.
4. I'm getting odd results in DOOM. On every machine I'm gunning for the top spot, and I always win Quake but lose DOOM.
The V3 seems to have hit a ceiling at around 510-520 ticks.. Not sure if it's some odd limit of the V3 or if it's VIA biting me in
the ars:) I'll know more as I get into stronger comps...
5. In DOS the Via Apollo Pro 133A vs the BX is land slide for the BX. My P-III 1g with PC133 cas 2 is struggling to keep up with BX
boards at 850 mhz and PC100. I may have a BX board in the closet, but not sure I have a PIII that's fast enough to make it shine
or if it supports the 1g at a lower clock.. I'll look into it...
Anyways, great forum and thx for bringing life back into my old comps.. Been a long time since I stayed up late searching for
drivers and tweaks:) As much as I love new computers, sometimes they just aren't as much fun.. Granted fast and reliable is a
wonderful thing, but sometimes a guy needs to get down and dirty in search of the Demon Tweak:)