Anyone try a 16Meg G400 on K6-3/400?

[hella356]

I'm thinking of going with a G400 Marvel on a K6-3, but I've found no reports on performance with this combo. I'd hate to spend $$$$ on something that won't increase my gaming performance.
Epox MVP3G-M
K6-3/400
CL TNT1
256 Mb RAM
U2W SCSI
10,000 RPM IBM
Xitel Platinum

[carlmeister]

Hela here's some stuff, granted mines just a K6-2 450

Quake II demomap1.dm2 1024 x 768 41.2 fps

Fosaken 1024 x 768 143.37 fps 16 bit

Expendable Timedemo Report high texture, bumpmapping on
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Running at - 1024 x 768 x 16
Total Time - 394 Seconds
Gameframes - 11226
Lowest FPS - 16 fps
Highest FPS - 53 fps
Average FPS - 28.446701 fps

Expendable Timedemo Report, high texture, bumpmapping off
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Running at - 1024 x 768 x 16
Total Time - 393 Seconds
Gameframes - 11226
Lowest FPS - 16 fps
Highest FPS - 54 fps
Average FPS - 28.496183 fps

Expendable Timedemo Report, medium texture, bumpmapping off
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Running at - 1024 x 768 x 16
Total Time - 353 Seconds
Gameframes - 11226
Lowest FPS - 19 fps
Highest FPS - 53 fps
Average FPS - 31.764873 fps

Expendable Timedemo Report medium texture, bumpmaping off, triple buffer
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Running at - 1024 x 768 x 16
Total Time - 357 Seconds
Gameframes - 11226
Lowest FPS - 19 fps
Highest FPS - 58 fps
Average FPS - 31.417367 fps

Expendable Timedemo Report medium texture, bumpmaping off, triple buffer
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Running at - 1024 x 768 x 16
Total Time - 372 Seconds
Gameframes - 11226
Lowest FPS - 17 fps
Highest FPS - 57 fps
Average FPS - 30.131720 fps

3Dmark99:
sults:
3DMark Result : 3,047 3DMarks
Synthetic CPU 3D Speed : 6,148 CPU 3DMarks
Rasterizer Score : 2,113 3DRasterMarks
Game 1 - Race: 35.3 FPS
Game 2 - First Person: 26.8 FPS
Fill Rate : 206.4 MTexels/s
Fill Rate With Multi-Texturing : 204.9 MTexels/s
2MB Texture Rendering Speed: 299.2 FPS
4MB Texture Rendering Speed: 234.0 FPS
8MB Texture Rendering Speed: 161.3 FPS
16MB Texture Rendering Speed: 120.1 FPS
32MB Texture Rendering Speed: 74.0 FPS
Bump Mapping Emboss, 3-pass: 88.6 FPS
Bump Mapping Emboss, 2-pass: 113.9 FPS
Bump Mapping Emboss, 1-pass: 182.4 FPS
Point Sample Texture Filtering Speed: N/A



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Epox MVP3G-M, K6/2-450, 256 meg PC100, G400 SGRAM 32 meg single, Diamond
Monster 3DII 8meg SLI, Ensoniq Audio PCI, WD 6.4 HD, Toshiba 32x, Toshiba 12x SCSI,
Diamond Fireport 20, Yamaha 4x6 CD writer SCSI, Generic NEC2000 network card,
Viewsonic E771 monitor Win95 OSR 2.1.

[Kiel Rin]

I have been very happy with my g400 SH 16Meg card with a few exceptions. Most OpenGL is not up to the speed of my previous card (CL Voodoo Blaster Banshee), but D3D is great.

Here are my some of my 3D Mark 99 results.

DirectX 7.0
Rendering Platform Matrox Millennium G400 - English
Resolution 800*600
Color Depth 16-bit Color
Frame Buffer Triple buffering
Refresh Rate 82 Hz
CPU Optimization AMD 3DNow!(tm)
3DMark Result 2479.63 3DMarks
Synthetic CPU 3D Speed 4982.53 CPU 3DMarks
Rasterizer Score 1980.48 3DRasterMarks
Game 1 - Race 29.49 FPS
Game 2 - First Person 21.39 FPS
Fill Rate 201.76 MTexels/s
Fill Rate With Multi-Texturing 197.29 MTexels/s
2MB Texture Rendering Speed 273.89 FPS
4MB Texture Rendering Speed 215.01 FPS
8MB Texture Rendering Speed 146.73 FPS
16MB Texture Rendering Speed 68.94 FPS
32MB Texture Rendering Speed 34.83 FPS
Bump Mapping Emboss, 3-pass 81.28 FPS
Bump Mapping Emboss, 2-pass 103.90 FPS
Bump Mapping Emboss, 1-pass 163.47 FPS

Processor Type AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor
Processor Speed 375 MHz
L1 Cache size 64 KB
L2 Cache size None
Physical Memory 96 MB

Tyan 1590s, K6-2 380 (not overclocked)
2 4.3GB WD Drives, 1 6.4 Fujitsu (DMA off for Test)
SBLive Value w/ liveware 2.0
Mag 720v2


Hope this helps

Kiel Rin

[Zwisch]

why not simply get a G400 MAX with a rainbow runner G series if you want extra performance for games?

[hella356]

Thanks for the reply, Zwisch. I don't know if I would see much of an improvement due to
being CPU limited with the K6-3. There is also the cost difference of about $100 and using up another PCI slot. Unfortunately there aren't many non-Athlon or P3 tests on
the review sites to go by. I might have to take the chance and hope I can return the cards if they don't work too well.

[gbm]

I'm using exactly the same MB and CPU, but with G400 32 MB DH board. Go to my website for more info.

[Zwisch]

I also find that being able to use teh second as you please if much nicer when using a G400 + RRG combo... ok you have a nice blue box and a free PCI slot but stilll... I wouldn't trade my combo for a marvel...