TNT2 k7600 performance should be better

[n8]

hi. i am running this system:
k7 600 mhz
msi k7pro mobo
AOpen TNT2 16mb (generic card but pretty good)

here is my 3dmark 2000 score

Frame Buffer
Triple
Refresh Rate
V Sync.Off

3DMark Result
2713 3D marks

CPU Speed
202 CPU 3D marks

Fill Rate (Single-Texturing)
218.5 MTexels/s

Fill Rate (Multi-Texturing)
201.8 MTexels/s

High Polygon Count (1 Light)
3688 KTriangles/s

High Polygon Count (4 Lights)
2917 KTriangles/s

High Polygon Count (8 Lights)
2353 KTriangles/s

8MB Texture Rendering Speed
150.6 FPS

16MB Texture Rendering Speed
148.8 FPS

32MB Texture Rendering Speed
96.2 FPS

64MB Texture Rendering Speed
Not enough AGP memory

Bump Mapping (Emboss, 3-pass)
79.1 FPS

Bump Mapping (Emboss, 2-pass)
93.0 FPS

Bump Mapping (Emboss, 1-pass)
141.3 FPS

Bump Mapping (Environment)
Not supported

and on quake 3 it gives me only 28 fps at high quality mode with 1024 res, 70 at straight normal quality.

this is with the current (3.68) nvidia driver, which was a big improvement over the drivers that shipped with the board. directx 7.

now it seems to me like my performance should be better then this... i know that it should be kicking out at least 30 fps for everything. an ideas?

[DocMigru]

I think, you don't have a problem. I have an Athlon500 with TNT2/16MB and my 3DMark2000 is 2630. In Quake3 I have at HQ/800 (the standard setting) 42.9fps.
If you use the 1024 resolution, the fps may drop to 28.
Regards, DocMigru

[n8]

yeh.. heh thats what i was kinda afraid of, although the performance i'm getting right now is pretty damn go for the $95 i paid for the card. can anyone maybe suggest some tweaks i could try besides ocing to bump it up just a bit?

[But_Why]

n8:
Check out the topic of mine Help with TNT2 and Q3A FPS. I jumped from getting 27 FPS to 61 FPS @ 1024x768 16bit! May help ya, ya never know.
Check it out.

[n8]

duh, i guess i just wasn't playing with the graphic features enough. now i can get up to 60 at 1024 with some eye candy off, and about 35 with it on. thanks.