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Hi all,
Thanks to PaulC over at alt.comp.periphs.videocards.matrox,
He posted some benchmarks of a retail card he bought see below.
"PIII 500 MHz, 384 Mb Ram, AOpen AX6BC, SCSI everywhere.
Quake2
800x600/16-bit - 74.2, 74.4, 74.3
1024x768/16-bit - 62.8, 64.5, 64.6
800x600/32-bit - 72.8, 72.5, 74.0
1024x768/32-bit - 62.0, 61.9, 62.0
PIII 560 MHz, 384 Mb Ram, AOpen AX6BC, SCSI everywhere. (I can't describe
what a thrill it is to overclock my SCSI bus. There's nothing like a
potential boot failure to get the adrenaline going.)
Quake2
800x600/16-bit - 81.1, 83.2, 83.1 (Yikes!)
1024x768/16-bit - 65.7, 67.0, 67.1
800x600/32-bit - 79.8, 81.9, 81.7
1024x768/32-bit - 62.2, 63.5, 63.5
A moment of silence, please. We've topped the 80 fps at 560 MHz/800x600.
With enough processor power to run the NASA during the Apollo program, my
bright, shinny, new Matrox G400 has achieved (drum roll please!) Voodoo2
SLI-like framerates in Quake2! (Sorry. I couldn't resist.) Bring on the Max!
You'll note that, with these drivers and at 500+ MHz, there is a more
noticeable speed hit at higher resolutions than we've seen in the recent
past. It's beginning to act like a normal videocard.
The flickering at the exit/credits screen has not gone away, so I suspect
it's a bug and not an isolated system-specific issue.
In all seriousness, I'm really beginning to enjoy this card. Text on my
blurry Iiyama looks sharper and JPEG's look marvelous. Quake2 looked pretty
good as well. (Let's face it. Quake2 can only look so good, and I suspect
the 32-bit benchmarks in Q2 are somewhat pointless.)
I tested out the DVD software on the 400 MHz machine. The monitor output was
the best I've seen to date. And unlike the Zoran software, it actually
worked for me."
Regards,
Elie
[This message has been edited by Elie (edited 07-04-99).]
Thanks to PaulC over at alt.comp.periphs.videocards.matrox,
He posted some benchmarks of a retail card he bought see below.
"PIII 500 MHz, 384 Mb Ram, AOpen AX6BC, SCSI everywhere.
Quake2
800x600/16-bit - 74.2, 74.4, 74.3
1024x768/16-bit - 62.8, 64.5, 64.6
800x600/32-bit - 72.8, 72.5, 74.0
1024x768/32-bit - 62.0, 61.9, 62.0
PIII 560 MHz, 384 Mb Ram, AOpen AX6BC, SCSI everywhere. (I can't describe
what a thrill it is to overclock my SCSI bus. There's nothing like a
potential boot failure to get the adrenaline going.)
Quake2
800x600/16-bit - 81.1, 83.2, 83.1 (Yikes!)
1024x768/16-bit - 65.7, 67.0, 67.1
800x600/32-bit - 79.8, 81.9, 81.7
1024x768/32-bit - 62.2, 63.5, 63.5
A moment of silence, please. We've topped the 80 fps at 560 MHz/800x600.
With enough processor power to run the NASA during the Apollo program, my
bright, shinny, new Matrox G400 has achieved (drum roll please!) Voodoo2
SLI-like framerates in Quake2! (Sorry. I couldn't resist.) Bring on the Max!
You'll note that, with these drivers and at 500+ MHz, there is a more
noticeable speed hit at higher resolutions than we've seen in the recent
past. It's beginning to act like a normal videocard.
The flickering at the exit/credits screen has not gone away, so I suspect
it's a bug and not an isolated system-specific issue.
In all seriousness, I'm really beginning to enjoy this card. Text on my
blurry Iiyama looks sharper and JPEG's look marvelous. Quake2 looked pretty
good as well. (Let's face it. Quake2 can only look so good, and I suspect
the 32-bit benchmarks in Q2 are somewhat pointless.)
I tested out the DVD software on the 400 MHz machine. The monitor output was
the best I've seen to date. And unlike the Zoran software, it actually
worked for me."
Regards,
Elie
[This message has been edited by Elie (edited 07-04-99).]
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