How to benchmark my G400Max AGP transfer rate?

[Zanna]

I want to make a bench on my G400Max in order to know if it is truly converted to AGP4X speed trought the patch I made (Originally I want to make it only compatible to AGP4X voltage, not with the tranfsers too).

Can Anyone suggest me a software to make the test?

I have already launched mtstu and cpu-Z, but both applications read the chipset settings, I am interested to check the real transfer rate.

I have already posted the question, into this other thread:

G400Max (not an AGP 4X version) detected as 4X !!!

Thanks.

[Jon P. Inghram]

3Dmark 2000 has an AGP texturing test.

http://www.futuremark.com/download/?3dmark2000.shtml

[Venturer]

Ciao Zanna!
E' tempo di passare alla Parhelia e mandare in pensione la MAX!

Hi Zanna!
It's time to change your masterpiece G400MAX with a 256MB Parhelia!

As for AGP benchmarking: Also 3dmark 2001 has this feature but it isn't always reliable!
Have you tried Sisoft Sandra?

[kjliew]

If you're running on any MS OS other than Win98SE (perhaps WinME, too), forget about AGP texturing. You only get 16MB of extra memory out of AGP capability in OSes such as Win2k/XP regardless of the size of AGP aperture you have. Your 3DMark texturing test will end at 32MB. On Win98SE, 3DMark texturing test can go as high as 64MB if you have 128MB of system memory, or 128MB if you have 256MB of memory.

[Technoid]

Originally posted by kjliew
If you're running on any MS OS other than Win98SE (perhaps WinME, too), forget about AGP texturing. You only get 16MB of extra memory out of AGP capability in OSes such as Win2k/XP regardless of the size of AGP aperture you have. Your 3DMark texturing test will end at 32MB. On Win98SE, 3DMark texturing test can go as high as 64MB if you have 128MB of system memory, or 128MB if you have 256MB of memory.

uhm, that BUG was fixed AGES ago

[Zanna]

Originally posted by Venturer
Ciao Zanna!
E' tempo di passare alla Parhelia e mandare in pensione la MAX!

Hi Zanna!
It's time to change your masterpiece G400MAX with a 256MB Parhelia!

Ciao Venturer !!!
La Parhelia costa un po troppo però!!!
Inoltre ho bisogno di utilizzare sia Win98Se che Win2kPro e NON su due PC diversi. (la Parhelia NON HA i drivers per 98se)

Hi Venturer !!!
The Parhelia is too much expensive!!!
.. and I need to utilyze both Win98se and Win2kpro, and not on two different PCs. (Parhelia does not have Win98SE drivers).


I will try Sandra.
Thanks.

[kjliew]

quote:
uhm, that BUG was fixed AGES ago

Really, I wish you were right about that. I tried both PD5.88 and PD5.91 on WinXP and Win2k, and this is not fixed.

Mind sharing how you get over the 16MB AGP texture memory limitation?? And what software you use to validate that G400 texture memory can go above 32MB? I normally use 3DMark2000.

My G400 is on Intel chipset motherboard with 1.5V AGP 4X enabled. My G400 is the 4A part.

[Technoid]

Originally posted by kjliew
quote:
uhm, that BUG was fixed AGES ago

Really, I wish you were right about that. I tried both PD5.88 and PD5.91 on WinXP and Win2k, and this is not fixed.

Mind sharing how you get over the 16MB AGP texture memory limitation?? And what software you use to validate that G400 texture memory can go above 32MB? I normally use 3DMark2000.

My G400 is on Intel chipset motherboard with 1.5V AGP 4X enabled. My G400 is the 4A part.

Your absolutely RIGHT

Matrox cards still suffer from that bug ?!?!

Strange, I remember it being "fixed" ages ago (somwhere around sp1-2).

and neither of my current cards (one from ati and one from nvidia) seems to suffer from it ?!?!?!

same on my laptop wich has a savage3d vidcard vith 8mb onboard and the agp aperture in bios STUCK at 64 (wich means that it gets half of that )
that one runs the 32mb test of 3dm2k.

okay this is weird, I always thought this was an W2K specific bug, that all cards whatever manufactors suffered from and that IT was fixed in either sp1 or 2

but now it seems that It's only matrox cards that suffer from it