Quake 2 benchmark and gameplay on Pentium MMX 200Mhz + 3dfx VooDoo 1

[@ಓಟ್ಗಾನ್ಡೊಲ್ಗೊರ್ಸುರೆನ್]

wow good old memories 🥰🥰🥰

[@F2bnp]

Nice setup! Depending on your motherboard and chipset, lowering your RAM to 64MB will actually improve performance, as most Intel socket 7 chipsets cannot cache more than 64MB of RAM. i430HX can do it, but needs enough cache to be able to do so. As for performance on Quake 2, I think you're in the ballpark of where the system should land. MMX 200 is not especially fast for Quake 2 and Voodoo 1's 4MB VRAM is very limiting. You should see a nice jump in performance by dropping texture quality by one or two factors especially. Give it a try.

[@greenscreen5994]

I will definitely do something about it (when I have some free time) I also suspect another reason for the low performance, namely the processor cooling. I use some unbranded low speed fan and maybe that is why the processor overheats and does not work with full efficiency(but i'm guessing here)

[@F2bnp]

@@greenscreen5994 No that can't be the case because neither the CPU or chipset have any such functionality. I think it's only with the Pentium 4 that Intel added such functionality. Not to mention, the MMX 200 barely consumes 12-15 watts, it doesn't really require much beyond the most basic of heatsinks and fans.

[@greenscreen5994]

@@F2bnp Today I changed the RAM as you recommended I started with 32MB,then 64MB and even 256MB. The result in Quake 2 (512x384) in each of the above configurations is exactly the same as before, 15.9fps.256mb helped in Unreal, still low frame rate but now there are much less stutters.It is possible that there is something wrong with the 3dfx card, both in Q2 and Unreal there are glitches.

[@3dfxvoodoocards6]

With this configuration it should get 35-40 fps in Quake 2 512x384. Just 15 fps is waaay too low. Try to disable vsync.

[@greenscreen5994]

Vsync in the game and in the control panel under the 3dfx graphics card tab is disabled. I have the drivers for the card from Philscomputerlab.com so I have no idea why the fps result is so low. Btw you got great channel:)

[@De-M-oN]

its because he has the music off. The game has no motivation to render faster like that 😛

[@greenscreen5994]

@@De-M-oN It looks like I managed to find the cause of the low frame rate. After removing the Belkin N10117 PCI 5-Port USB Card from the system the frame rate in Quake 2 jumped from 15.9 to 22.3. Other games that previously stuttered (Croc 1, NFS 2SE or Unreal) now run noticeably smoother!

[@De-M-oN]

Is it only the video or is for real your right loudspeaker not working?

[@greenscreen5994]

I probably messed something up in the camera settings, besides I mess something up with almost every video 😔My speakers work just fine