WHQL G400 Driver 5.20 GOOD for LAVA !

[Borg]

Hi !

I just installed the new certifed drivers & they r NOT certifed with DX7 ...but they fixed my problem with LAVA ! player from CREATIVE because, when ever I wanted to exit LAVA ! it makes ILLIGAL OPERATION ,some times freez the sys so I had to reboot , that is fixed now... happy me !

OGL ? I dont knowe.. (LAVA! is OGL & works FINE)

D3d well with PD 5.25 i get 4608 & with PD5.2.0 4620 not OC , VSYNC ON 85Hz @ 1024x768x16 16 bit ZBF

so far they r wery good to me so I stay with PD 5.20 untill 5.30 TURBOGL

tryed UNREAL mission pack,RE-Volt,NFS 4 all OK , no lockups or other...

I think you should give a try to 5.20 special if you use C.L. LAVA ! player

good luck !


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PIII450@465,P2b,128mb,Matrox Mill-G400 32SH,SB.Live !(value)...

[GD]

Wait a second!! You get 4800 3Dmarks 2 1024x768 and I get 3700 at 800x600 with a MAX???? Does SSE make THAT bing a difference???????????????????

[Borg]

check this out :

3DMark Project:
3DMark Build Version: 200
Date: 1997.09.23
Time: 00:11:15
Project Name:My Project
Comments:

Project Settings (Template):
Rendering Platform: Internal (Matrox Millennium G400 - English)
Resolution: 1024*768
Color Depth: 16-bit Color
CPU Optimization: Intel(r) Pentium(r) III
Z-Buffer: 16-bit
Frame Buffer: Triple buffering
Refresh Rate: VSync Off
Looping: Disabled
Texture Format: 16-bit, 4444 RGBA
Run Tests: Once
Title Screen: Shown

Test Results:
3DMark Result : 5.110 3DMarks
Synthetic CPU 3D Speed : 7.990 CPU 3DMarks
Rasterizer Score : 2.433 3DRasterMarks
Game 1 - Race: 55,3 FPS
Game 2 - First Person: 47,5 FPS
Fill Rate : 250,2 MTexels/s
Fill Rate With Multi-Texturing : 249,0 MTexels/s
2MB Texture Rendering Speed: 281,0 FPS
4MB Texture Rendering Speed: 221,3 FPS
8MB Texture Rendering Speed: 150,0 FPS
16MB Texture Rendering Speed: 114,5 FPS
32MB Texture Rendering Speed: 61,2 FPS
Bump Mapping Emboss, 3-pass: 84,7 FPS
Bump Mapping Emboss, 2-pass: 110,6 FPS
Bump Mapping Emboss, 1-pass: 197,1 FPS
Point Sample Texture Filtering Speed: 112,0 %
Bilinear Texture Filtering Speed: 100,0 %
Trilinear Texture Filtering Speed: 78,2 %
Anisotropic Texture Filtering Speed: Not Supported
6 Pixel/individual: 2.175,7 KPolygons/s
6 Pixel/strips: 3.534,4 KPolygons/s
25 Pixel/individual: 2.160,1 KPolygons/s
25 Pixel/strips: 2.229,8 KPolygons/s
50 Pixel/individual: 1.371,4 KPolygons/s
50 Pixel/strips: 1.422,7 KPolygons/s
250 Pixel/individual: 537,0 KPolygons/s
250 Pixel/strips: 563,8 KPolygons/s
1000 Pixel/individual: 180,2 KPolygons/s
1000 Pixel/strips: 192,8 KPolygons/s

System:
Windows Version: Windows 4 A , Build 2222
DirectX Version: 4.07.00.0700
Bios Version: Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
Bios Date: 07/16/99
Total Physical Memory: 128 MB
Free Physical Memory: 45 MB

Processor:
Processor Type: Intel Pentium III
Processor Speed: 504 MHz
Processor Caps: MMX SSE
L1 Cache Size: 32 KB
L2 Cache Size: 512 KB

Desktop:
2D Display Adapter Name: Matrox Millennium G400 - English
2D Display Adapter Driver Date: 9-13-1997
Monitor Name: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Driver Date: 4-23-1999
Desktop Resolution: 1024*768
Desktop Color Depth: 16-Bit Color

3D Accelerator:
Name: Matrox Millennium G400 - English
Driver Name: G400DD32.DLL
Driver Version: 4.11.01.1250
Total Video Memory On Card: 32.698 KB
Total Texture Memory: 85.434 KB
Bus: AGP

Supported Features:
16-bit Rendering
32-bit Rendering
Point Sampling
Point Sampling With Mip-Mapping
Bilinear Filtering
Bilinear Filtering With Mip-Mapping
Trilinear Filtering
Specular Gouraud Shading
Vertex Fox
Table Fog
W-Fog
Sub-Pixel Accuracy
Alpha Blending
Addivitive Alpha Blending
Multiplicative Alpha Blending
Vertex Alpha Blending
Vertex And Texture Alpha Blending

Supported 3D Display Modes:
320*200, 16bit color
320*240, 16bit color
320*400, 16bit color
400*300, 16bit color
512*384, 16bit color
640*400, 16bit color
640*480, 16bit color
800*600, 16bit color
1024*768, 16bit color
1152*864, 16bit color
1280*1024, 16bit color
1600*1200, 16bit color
320*200, 32bit color
320*240, 32bit color
320*400, 32bit color
400*300, 32bit color
512*384, 32bit color
640*400, 32bit color
640*480, 32bit color
800*600, 32bit color
1024*768, 32bit color
1152*864, 32bit color
1280*1024, 32bit color
1600*1200, 32bit color

Supported Texture Formats:
16-bit, 565 RGB
16-bit, 4444 RGBA
16-bit, 5551 RGBA
15-bit, 555 RGB
32-bit, 8888 RGBA
24-bit, 888 RGB

this was with 5.25 OC via MATROX OC util & SOFT FSB ...I dont USE this settings as default just for test pourpose:

GCLK 150
MCLK 200
WCLK 150

FSB 112 via SOFTFSB

& it wasnt 4800 it was 4620

about SSE , mabe YES, mabe NO what processor U have ?

cheers !


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PIII450@465,P2b,128mb,Matrox Mill-G400 32SH,SB.Live !(value)...

[SteveC]

Never compare 3dmark99max results across CPU platforms. Only compare PIII's to PIII's and PII's to PII's and celerys to celerys and K6-2's to K6-2's (yeah, you get the picture )

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Cheers,
Steve

PS: Some or all of the above message may be wrong, or, just as likely, correct. Depends on what mood I'm in. And what you know. ;¬)

[Buuri]

Why?

_
B

[SteveC]

OK, I should have been a bit clearer. The final 3dmark result is calculated using average frame rates from the two game demos, and the CPU mark, and nothing else. The CPU mark is drastically different when comparing, for example, PIIIs to PIIs. If you look deeper into the results, (fps readings, blah blah) and not at the final result, and so are ignoring the CPU Mark competely, it is OK to compare.

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Cheers,
Steve

PS: Some or all of the above message may be wrong, or, just as likely, correct. Depends on what mood I'm in. And what you know. ;¬)

[Whisper]

I will put it to you all this way.

If you play 3DMark, then use the drivers that give you the best 3DMark performance.

If you play real games, then use the drivers that give you the best performance, in the games you play.

Need I say more?

[Zypher]

You can compare Celerons to PIIs, they have no severe difference.

I agree, use the results browser and compare the P3 and C/PII side by side for each bench. Not quite a big deal anymore, is it?

[wiggo]

Has anyone tried the WHQL Drivers with System Shock 2? I am still on driver rev. 5.13, as I am waiting for new drivers that will cure the texture glitching problems introduced with 5.23 (in SS2) . Are these problems fixed in the WHQL release?

[bobby2]

For a nice sample comparison database
take a look at:
http://www.ccsr.cse.dmu.ac.uk/~rl/OClockCompare.zip

I moved from a PII450 to PII450 (560 oclck) and noticed a nice improvement in all my games.

bert

[Borg]

here 32 bit test 1024x768x32 16bit zbf



3DMark Project:
3DMark Build Version: 200
Date: 1997.09.27
Time: 22:46:52
Project Name:32bit 16bit zbf vsync ON
Comments:

Project Settings (Template):
Rendering Platform: Internal (Matrox Millennium G400 - English)
Resolution: 1024*768
Color Depth: 32-bit Color
CPU Optimization: Intel(r) Pentium(r) III
Z-Buffer: 16-bit
Frame Buffer: Triple buffering
Refresh Rate: 84 Hz
Looping: Disabled
Texture Format: 32-bit, 8888 RGBA
Run Tests: Once
Title Screen: Shown

Test Results:
3DMark Result : 4.231 3DMarks
Synthetic CPU 3D Speed : 7.347 CPU 3DMarks
Rasterizer Score : 1.705 3DRasterMarks
Game 1 - Race: 43,2 FPS
Game 2 - First Person: 41,4 FPS
Fill Rate : 152,9 MTexels/s
Fill Rate With Multi-Texturing : 166,3 MTexels/s
2MB Texture Rendering Speed: 258,7 FPS
4MB Texture Rendering Speed: 183,3 FPS
8MB Texture Rendering Speed: 151,1 FPS
16MB Texture Rendering Speed: 107,3 FPS
32MB Texture Rendering Speed: 56,0 FPS
Bump Mapping Emboss, 3-pass: 51,4 FPS
Bump Mapping Emboss, 2-pass: 65,9 FPS
Bump Mapping Emboss, 1-pass: 121,4 FPS
Point Sample Texture Filtering Speed: 119,8 %
Bilinear Texture Filtering Speed: 100,0 %
Trilinear Texture Filtering Speed: 77,8 %
Anisotropic Texture Filtering Speed: Not Supported
6 Pixel/individual: 2.003,7 KPolygons/s
6 Pixel/strips: 3.034,2 KPolygons/s
25 Pixel/individual: 1.409,2 KPolygons/s
25 Pixel/strips: 1.447,9 KPolygons/s
50 Pixel/individual: 896,5 KPolygons/s
50 Pixel/strips: 936,1 KPolygons/s
250 Pixel/individual: 333,2 KPolygons/s
250 Pixel/strips: 350,5 KPolygons/s
1000 Pixel/individual: 113,7 KPolygons/s
1000 Pixel/strips: 117,8 KPolygons/s

System:
Windows Version: Windows 4 A , Build 2222
DirectX Version: 4.07.00.0700
Bios Version: Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
Bios Date: 07/16/99
Total Physical Memory: 128 MB
Free Physical Memory: 11 MB

Processor:
Processor Type: Intel Pentium III
Processor Speed: 458 MHz
Processor Caps: MMX SSE
L1 Cache Size: 32 KB
L2 Cache Size: 512 KB

Desktop:
2D Display Adapter Name: Matrox Millennium G400 - English
2D Display Adapter Driver Date: 8-25-1999
Monitor Name: MicroScan 4P/4P+ (PS)
Monitor Driver Date: 4-23-1999
Desktop Resolution: 1024*768
Desktop Color Depth: 16-Bit Color

3D Accelerator:
Name: Matrox Millennium G400 - English
Driver Name: G400DD32.DLL
Driver Version: 4.11.01.1200
Total Video Memory On Card: 32.698 KB
Total Texture Memory: 85.434 KB
Bus: AGP

Supported Features:
16-bit Rendering
32-bit Rendering
Point Sampling
Point Sampling With Mip-Mapping
Bilinear Filtering
Bilinear Filtering With Mip-Mapping
Trilinear Filtering
Specular Gouraud Shading
Vertex Fox
Table Fog
W-Fog
Sub-Pixel Accuracy
Alpha Blending
Addivitive Alpha Blending
Multiplicative Alpha Blending
Vertex Alpha Blending
Vertex And Texture Alpha Blending

Supported 3D Display Modes:
320*200, 16bit color
320*240, 16bit color
320*400, 16bit color
400*300, 16bit color
512*384, 16bit color
640*400, 16bit color
640*480, 16bit color
800*600, 16bit color
1024*768, 16bit color
1152*864, 16bit color
1280*1024, 16bit color
1600*1200, 16bit color
320*200, 32bit color
320*240, 32bit color
320*400, 32bit color
400*300, 32bit color
512*384, 32bit color
640*400, 32bit color
640*480, 32bit color
800*600, 32bit color
1024*768, 32bit color
1152*864, 32bit color
1280*1024, 32bit color
1600*1200, 32bit color

Supported Texture Formats:
16-bit, 565 RGB
16-bit, 4444 RGBA
16-bit, 5551 RGBA
15-bit, 555 RGB
32-bit, 8888 RGBA
24-bit, 888 RGB

& 32 bit +32bit zbf

3DMark Project:
3DMark Build Version: 200
Date: 1997.09.27
Time: 22:52:30
Project Name:32bit 32bit zbf vsync ON
Comments:

Project Settings (Template):
Rendering Platform: Internal (Matrox Millennium G400 - English)
Resolution: 1024*768
Color Depth: 32-bit Color
CPU Optimization: Intel(r) Pentium(r) III
Z-Buffer: 32-bit
Frame Buffer: Triple buffering
Refresh Rate: 83 Hz
Looping: Disabled
Texture Format: 32-bit, 8888 RGBA
Run Tests: Once
Title Screen: Shown

Test Results:
3DMark Result : 3.959 3DMarks
Synthetic CPU 3D Speed : 7.233 CPU 3DMarks
Rasterizer Score : 1.531 3DRasterMarks
Game 1 - Race: 39,4 FPS
Game 2 - First Person: 39,8 FPS
Fill Rate : 130,0 MTexels/s
Fill Rate With Multi-Texturing : 153,5 MTexels/s
2MB Texture Rendering Speed: 222,6 FPS
4MB Texture Rendering Speed: 161,6 FPS
8MB Texture Rendering Speed: 136,6 FPS
16MB Texture Rendering Speed: 101,1 FPS
32MB Texture Rendering Speed: 52,8 FPS
Bump Mapping Emboss, 3-pass: 43,7 FPS
Bump Mapping Emboss, 2-pass: 58,7 FPS
Bump Mapping Emboss, 1-pass: 112,2 FPS
Point Sample Texture Filtering Speed: 117,6 %
Bilinear Texture Filtering Speed: 100,0 %
Trilinear Texture Filtering Speed: 79,2 %
Anisotropic Texture Filtering Speed: Not Supported
6 Pixel/individual: 2.010,4 KPolygons/s
6 Pixel/strips: 3.018,8 KPolygons/s
25 Pixel/individual: 1.139,3 KPolygons/s
25 Pixel/strips: 1.168,6 KPolygons/s
50 Pixel/individual: 724,8 KPolygons/s
50 Pixel/strips: 740,3 KPolygons/s
250 Pixel/individual: 259,8 KPolygons/s
250 Pixel/strips: 268,8 KPolygons/s
1000 Pixel/individual: 84,6 KPolygons/s
1000 Pixel/strips: 86,6 KPolygons/s

System:
Windows Version: Windows 4 A , Build 2222
DirectX Version: 4.07.00.0700
Bios Version: Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
Bios Date: 07/16/99
Total Physical Memory: 128 MB
Free Physical Memory: 11 MB

Processor:
Processor Type: Intel Pentium III
Processor Speed: 458 MHz
Processor Caps: MMX SSE
L1 Cache Size: 32 KB
L2 Cache Size: 512 KB

Desktop:
2D Display Adapter Name: Matrox Millennium G400 - English
2D Display Adapter Driver Date: 8-25-1999
Monitor Name: MicroScan 4P/4P+ (PS)
Monitor Driver Date: 4-23-1999
Desktop Resolution: 1024*768
Desktop Color Depth: 16-Bit Color

3D Accelerator:
Name: Matrox Millennium G400 - English
Driver Name: G400DD32.DLL
Driver Version: 4.11.01.1200
Total Video Memory On Card: 32.698 KB
Total Texture Memory: 85.434 KB
Bus: AGP

Supported Features:
16-bit Rendering
32-bit Rendering
Point Sampling
Point Sampling With Mip-Mapping
Bilinear Filtering
Bilinear Filtering With Mip-Mapping
Trilinear Filtering
Specular Gouraud Shading
Vertex Fox
Table Fog
W-Fog
Sub-Pixel Accuracy
Alpha Blending
Addivitive Alpha Blending
Multiplicative Alpha Blending
Vertex Alpha Blending
Vertex And Texture Alpha Blending

Supported 3D Display Modes:
320*200, 16bit color
320*240, 16bit color
320*400, 16bit color
400*300, 16bit color
512*384, 16bit color
640*400, 16bit color
640*480, 16bit color
800*600, 16bit color
1024*768, 16bit color
1152*864, 16bit color
1280*1024, 16bit color
1600*1200, 16bit color
320*200, 32bit color
320*240, 32bit color
320*400, 32bit color
400*300, 32bit color
512*384, 32bit color
640*400, 32bit color
640*480, 32bit color
800*600, 32bit color
1024*768, 32bit color
1152*864, 32bit color
1280*1024, 32bit color
1600*1200, 32bit color

Supported Texture Formats:
16-bit, 565 RGB
16-bit, 4444 RGBA
16-bit, 5551 RGBA
15-bit, 555 RGB
32-bit, 8888 RGBA
24-bit, 888 RGB


OVERALL : 1024x768x32 16 bit zbf =4231
1024 x768x32 32bit zbf =3959

1024 x 768 x16 16bit zbf =4620

OC with MATROX tweek + SOFTFSB 1024x768x16 16 bit zbf VSYNC OFF =5110

thats it !

bye !


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PIII450@465,P2b,128mb,Matrox Mill-G400 32SH,SB.Live !(value)...

[kooguy]

Hey Borg, that hurt my eyes Next time, just the basic results would do. Kinda weird that you are getting around the same score as I do at 1024x768x32 32zb with a P3.

[Borg]

OK ! next time only basic, well my G40032SH is in gooood moooood ..he !

I posted that all crap only that you can trust me OK ...next time Ill post basic results only

bye !

PS: I realy like 5.20 drivers...! much bether then 5.25 for my SYS...

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PIII450@465,P2b,128mb,Matrox Mill-G400 32SH,SB.Live !(value)...

[Mark F]

Aren't the 5.25 the same as 5.20 but with VSYNC turned off? Anyone?

Mark F.

[kooguy]

Hey Steve, that doesn't mean your P2 515 should get over 300 3D marks more than my Celery 464 and G400 MAX OC to 110%. I get only around 3924 at 1024 32 bit. How did you get 4300? What drivers were you using?