Anyone test compatibility with G400max and DX7.0?

[Ozymandis]

I wonder if any of you have tested compatibility with DX7.0? I have temporarily taken out my Max for my Banshee for UT, but hopefully that can be fixed this week. You never really realize what you had until it's gone...hehe.

[Brian R.]

I have installed DX7.0 and have not seen any problems yet. KOW


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Win98SE, 450 PIII @ 581 MHz, ABIT BX6-2 MB, 128 MB Siemens PC100 SDRAM, G400 MAX, Diamond V2 SLI, Diamond MX300, CL Dxr3 Decoder, Adaptec AHA2940 w/uw SCSI, IBM 9ZX 9.1GB 10K UW SCSI HD, WDE 4360 4.3GB SCSI HD Supermicro SC750A case with PCP&C Silencer 275W PS, serious case cooling with four additional fans, and a partridge in a pear tree.

[SCompRacer]

What about the juice? Any measurable improvements?

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P III 500 @ 560 via 112 FSB, ASUS P2B-LS, 1010 BIOS, w/256 MB 8ns ECC RAM, ECC Enabled since 5.13 driver release, current 5.25 drivers, dual 9 GB Cheetahs, 10 GB IDE DiamondMax, Plextor Ultraplex/Plexwriter, Hitachi IDE DVD CD ROM, SCSI ZIP insider, G400 MAX, SB Live, Sigma Hollywood + DVD decoder, US Robotics 56K Sportster, Sony GDM400PS, UMAX 2400S SCSI scanner, Soundworks 5.1, HP 6P Laser & 890C, LAN & USB enabled. SB Live shares IRQ w/MAX, bus mastering enabled, Win98 SE and NT 4.0 SP4.

[ALBPM]

Just installed it awhile ago. No problems so far but I haven't seen any big gains yet either.

Paul

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P3-616(112x5.5), ABIT BE6, 256MB PC100, MILL G400 MAX-32MB on BNC, Quantum3D Obsidian2 X-24 on D-sub, IBM Deskstar 18GB ATA/66, 21"Trinitron, SCSI CDR/RW, SCSI ZIP,SB Live!Value,USR Voice Faxmodem Pro(USB Ext),Epson 1520 printer,Umax1200S scanner and a (Very Messy Desk) ;-P

[DarkSyd]

I don't have any d3d games that allow benchmarking (that I know of), but my 3dmark scores didn't change at all. Seems to be smooth sailing so far.

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Cel 266@448 on Asus P2b (1009), 128MB, OEM G400/16, Quantum Obsidian S12, Fujitsu 5.25gb, MX300, Dlink 530, Grey Cat, Orange Cat (still MIA)
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Reports of Sig5.2x being 40% more interesting than Sig5.13 were greatly exaggerated...

[Micko]

DirectX 7 has improved texture management so Unreal scores jumped up big time!!!!

Micko,

Sorry I can't remember how much, but about 5-6 frames per second...in timedemo...

[Javert]

Any idea about the optimize driver for DX7.
Is it PD 5.3 or later version?

[neo]

I can note a 20% increase in framerate for UNREAL at 1024x768 (texture detail on high)

-neo

[Genom]

Just in case ya didnt know, you dont exactly have to take out the G400 to play UT. Just make a little txt file with the words "3dfx sucks nads" and rename it as glide2x.dll then copy it to your Windows/system folder.

Now next time you load UT, you can select the software renderer. And amazingly enough, it's actually playable on my P3-450~556. Plus I dont have to do the gfx card juggle




SEE? I dont just bitch all the time.

[Ozymandis]

Yeah, I know about that, but one of my friends was coming over and wanted to see UT in accelerated mode. This Banshee's image quality really bites. I don't know why I ever bought that trash in the first place. Oh well, at least I can play Tribes now

[Maniac]

Hey Genom I did that and it still says can't find a 3DFX card in your computer??

[Clint]

Upgraded to Dx7 last night. No problems, no noticable improvements ... yet.

Clint