My 'new' G200

[Zuck Gou :)]

Just picked it up for cheap, replacing my dead Tnt.

The 2d is very nice(though definately not any better than my Radeon).

My problem is the 3d, I knew well before I bought it that Matrox and 3d aren't big together. But I'm wondering if anyone knows of some tweaks, and how much I can expect to overclock this puppy.

Every bit helps, thanks guys.

[Pinky]

My understanding is that they aren't much for anything other than good 2D. Period.

Don't think there's any overclocking, it's just what it is. Good.

[Zuck Gou :)]

Ya there's overclocking.



Theres pretty much overclocking on everything :D

[Pinky]

There very well may be, and powerstrip does:

(from the readme file)

Chipset Timing Gamma Clocks Caveats
#9 T2R4 Yes Yes Yes None
Banshee Yes Yes Yes None
Blade3D Yes Yes Yes None
BladeXP Yes Yes Yes None
CL543x Yes No Yes None
CL544x Yes No Yes None
CL546x Yes Yes Yes None
CL5480 Yes Yes Yes None
ET6000 Yes No Yes None
ET6100 Yes No Yes None
G100 Yes Yes Yes None
G200 Yes Yes Yes None

[FrankMasterFlash]

Make sure you have the latest bios and drivers from here. (http://www.matrox.com/mga/support/drivers/home.cfm)

Try this utility to try to o/c it. Get the mtstu40103.zip file and go to the tweak and then to the clock tweak. Go here. (http://www.matrox.com/mga/support/drivers/files/ftp_util2.cfm)
:D

[Zuck Gou :)]

Hey thanks guys.

Frank, hows this vid card working out for ya? Do anything 3d with it?

Or are you mainly a business kinda guy

[FrankMasterFlash]

Originally posted by Zuck Gou :)
Hey thanks guys.

Frank, hows this vid card working out for ya? Do anything 3d with it?

Or are you mainly a business kinda guy

Nope too young to be a business kinda guy...gotta get through school first.:cool:

3d is not all that great with it. Running default 3dmark 2000 I get a score of 982 3dmarks:mad:. If I run low resolutions in 3d i can game kinda smoothly. (i.e. 640x480 in quake 3 gets me like 30fps). The 3d could be better, but 2d's nice with it though. When I got the card a while ago it wasn't half bad. Dont expect any smoot high res 3d games.:(

The card lasted me for quite some time since the celeron 300A@464 was the first system I had it in and it ran quite well. But with the games out now I need a new card.

[Zuck Gou :)]

Originally posted by FrankMasterFlash


Nope too young to be a business kinda guy...gotta get through school first.:cool:

3d is not all that great with it. Running default 3dmark 2000 I get a score of 982 3dmarks:mad:. If I run low resolutions in 3d i can game kinda smoothly. (i.e. 640x480 in quake 3 gets me like 30fps). The 3d could be better, but 2d's nice with it though. When I got the card a while ago it wasn't half bad. Dont expect any smoot high res 3d games.:(

The card lasted me for quite some time since the celeron 300A@464 was the first system I had it in and it ran quite well. But with the games out now I need a new card.

Hehe you definately need a new card with that rig.

I knew it wasnt good in 3d, this confirms it. Thanks bro