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rbe...@julian.uwo.ca (Stephen Beath) writes:

>	Ahh.... gotta love faithful ATI fans! Although I really dig the company, the 
>ATI Mach 64 cards are notoriously out of date in both gaming and GUI'ing 
>environments. Although I'm glad to see that you've managed to coax your 
>3dbench score above 100 unlike some unfortunate Mach 64 owners, lets consider 
>that 3dbench really isn't a good benchmark. Let me dig up a few Pcbench
>totals:

>PC Bench 9.0:

>Millenium=6100
>ATI Graphics Pro Turbo=4271
>Hercules Stingray 64=8993
>Diamond Stealth 64=5385

>	As you can see, the ATI is really lagging behind in gaming performance, and I 
>can attest to this having seen a side-by-side comparison of Mech2, USNF, WC3 
>of a GPT vs. a Stingray 64. That's not to say the card is crap; it has a great 
>company and drivers behind it. Just a little outdated.

>>ATI Mach64 is well known for their strong scores in both DOS and Windows. 
>>The older SIS is hampering the performance of the ATI. Check out your 
>>configuration and your monitor also. That make also be the case.

>	I don't see how the monitor could be the one causing the problem, it has no 
>bearing on video performance.

>Steve
 
Will updated drivers help out the card's performance any? If so, where 
can i find them? Talk about bad combos! I've got the ATI card (Mach 64 
w/2MB DRAM) + an OPTi chipset running on a P90. My 3Dbench score: 46.7 fps.
It will go no higher, no matter what I change in CMOS (though i can get 
it to go lower)  What should i do?