Best dets 4 G2 MX 32MB DDR ?

Hypno.pt · Jun 3, 2002, 04:04 PM

Sys:
Atbird 1.2 Ghz
256PC133
ASUS A7V
G2 MX 32MB DDR (Creative Labs)
Under Win 2000 Pro (Without SP2)

Best detonators for this system?

Mark_Fox · Jun 3, 2002, 05:00 PM

try 29.11 or 29.17 - if you have stability problems with these, then try latest 29.42 whql. However, 29.1x should be faster for you.

Hypno.pt · Jun 3, 2002, 05:11 PM

Well w/ this machine i got 1886 w/ latest nvidia.com certified drivers (dont know the version) w/ 29.42 i got 1922.. still thinking that this score is 2 bad 4 my machine, i think that's because the graphic card (it dont have any cooler on it) and it's from creative labs (LOL). Btw, soz @ my bad english. I'll try 29.1* series

Mark_Fox · Jun 3, 2002, 06:06 PM

G2 MX 32MB DDR - not a great performer

Hypno.pt · Jun 4, 2002, 05:18 AM

Do you think that score is "normal" for my machine ?

Mark_Fox · Jun 4, 2002, 06:30 AM

its a bit low I must admit. Are you sure u have fsaa and v-sync turned off when running 3dmark 2001?

Also are you doing clean install of drivers each time u change them?

Hypno.pt · Jun 4, 2002, 06:57 AM

Only FSAA, V-sync, where i can disable that ? only know how in ogl.. not d3d

Hypno.pt · Jun 4, 2002, 07:03 AM

Wrong. Don't know if FSAA it's turned off i remember that i saw something named FSAA turned off, but now can't find it.

Mark_Fox · Jun 4, 2002, 10:22 AM

it should be in your nvidia display setting - make sure fsaa is turned off.

digitalwanderer · Jun 4, 2002, 11:05 AM

Is your GF2 MX DDR an MX200 or MX400? (I get confused by all the model extensions) Also, have you overclocked it at all? I use RivaTuner 2 rc10 to low-level overclock both my GF2 MX400 & GF3. My GF2 came default 200/340, I've been running it 24/7 at 240/420 for almost a year now with amazing results.

(3094 in 3dm2kse on an overclocked 1Ghz celery.

)

I'd highly recomend you give RivaTuner a try if you've never used it, a little overclocking can go a loooooooong-assed way towards improving performance...and you're big bottle-neck is DEFINATELY your graphics card right now so any OCing you do should show you a LOT of improvement. [SIZE=xx-small](Standard disclaimer that overclocking will void your warranties and might fry your hardware, but what else is new?)[/size]

Hypno.pt · Jun 4, 2002, 12:20 PM

I downloaded today rivatuner and there's a option to disable vsync, i disabled it but having same results. fsaa is turned off i checked the 3dmark2k1 project. Sincerly i dont know if my graphic card is a mx 200 or mx 400 the detonator detects it as Nvidia GeForce 2 MX or NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX/GeForce 2 MX 400. I found a option in nvidia display setting about mipmapping i choosed "best performance" and i get a encrease of 100marks, but i think they're "fake". Am i wrong ?. Once again, sorry at my bad english

Hypno.pt · Jun 4, 2002, 12:35 PM

Btw, oc'ing without a fan ?.. my at this moment is hot. i imagine it oc'ed.

Ryoko · Jun 4, 2002, 12:37 PM

make sure your mipmap quality is "max quality". as for fsaa, in 3dmark 2001, on the right side of the window almost at the top, it should say either "fsaa" or "antialiasing" and next to that it should say disabled or off... as for vsync, 3dmark should disable it automatically when you run the benchmark. just to be sure, though, open rivatuner, click on the direct3d button at the bottom, click on the vsync tab, and set vsync to always off.

setting your options to lower quality is just artificially inflating your score, and doesn't solve performance issues. truth be told, though, you aren't far off from the norm for your system. 2000 is avg for gf2mx/200/400 on a thunderbird w/ 133mhz ram... (if you're running an a7v, and not an a7v133, you're running at 100mhz fsb, btw)

Hypno.pt · Jun 4, 2002, 12:47 PM

Correct, My fsb is @ 100Mhz
Here is the compare url:
http://service.madonion.com/compare?2k1=3612671
I did that and the results are the same. it's strange because, when i had vsync on, running UT i had about 70-75fps @ 800*600, High, High (default settings), now i have a avg of 100-150fps, dont know why vsync's not resulting in 3dmark2k1.

Hypno.pt · Jun 4, 2002, 12:49 PM

P.S. : That score is w/ mipmapping high quality (default settings).