4600 issues

[harbinger52]

I have some FPS concerns with my 4600. I just took out a Geforce 3 and installed a MSI Geforce 4 4600. When I first benchmarked Quake 3 I got 210fps but some how I lost my sound card. I reinstalled my sound card and rebenched and now I only get 167fps. That is only 7fps more than I got with my G3. I did get about 2100 more points in 3dMark 2000. I have installed drivers 3 times. Does this seem right? Here is my current set up:

XP 1800@1621
Msi K7T266a Pro2 RU
512 Crucial PC2100
MSI Geforce 4 4600
DET 28.32 (with refresh rate fix)
Nvidia refrate fix set to 75mhz
AGP ap set to 128 (tried 64)
Win XP Pro

 

[harbinger52]

bump

 

[SlimHarpo]

You are mostly cpu limited, is all. If you want to see the difference, then benchmark both cards with AA turned on, or at a higher resolution. The fact that you gained 7 fps just means that there are a few momentary places in the demo where the extra rendering power can be used.

 

[davidrees]

That does not sound too far off - depending on the resolution.

By the way - how do you like the MSI card? I ordered one last week and it still has not shipped because they were out of stock - it is supposed to go out next day air today.

Any opinions on the quality, features, etc?

The MSI card seems to have a really good balance between features and price (now $339 from fticomputer.com)

Thanks

David

 

[harbinger52]

<< By the way - how do you like the MSI card >>



So far It is awesome. I have not been able to Play with It too much. I am concerned with my Q3fps(1024x768) I was expecting something close to 200fps( comparing to reviews I have seen)