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F1 2001, Voodoo5, and DirectX 8.1

Alison Hin

F1 2001, Voodoo5, and DirectX 8.1

by Alison Hin » Thu, 18 Apr 2002 21:40:16

Augh!! I can't run F1 2001 any more!

When I try to run it, I get this error message:

  F1 2001 cannot be run on this computer. No DirectX 8 video
  adapters found. Please contact your video card vendor for
  updated drivers.

I installed the F1 2001 Development Update #1, but still no joy.

My video card is a Voodoo5 5500. CPU is an Athlon T-bird 1.2 running in
an Abit KT7. Sound card is SB Live Value. OS is Win98.

The Voodoo driver reports as version 4.12.01.0666, release date
12-2-2000.

I recently installed Papyrus NASCAR 2002. It installs DirectX 8.1. Could
this be the problem? (N2002 runs fine on this computer, BTW.)

What's the fix? 3Dfx is gone. Are there drivers out there somewhere for
the Voodoo5 that work with F1 2001? (I love GPL on the Voodoo5 and am
not eager to go to a GeForce card.)

Alison



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Goy Larse

F1 2001, Voodoo5, and DirectX 8.1

by Goy Larse » Thu, 18 Apr 2002 21:49:04


> Augh!! I can't run F1 2001 any more!

> When I try to run it, I get this error message:

>   F1 2001 cannot be run on this computer. No DirectX 8 video
>   adapters found. Please contact your video card vendor for
>   updated drivers.

> I installed the F1 2001 Development Update #1, but still no joy.

> My video card is a Voodoo5 5500. CPU is an Athlon T-bird 1.2 running in
> an Abit KT7. Sound card is SB Live Value. OS is Win98.

> The Voodoo driver reports as version 4.12.01.0666, release date
> 12-2-2000.

> I recently installed Papyrus NASCAR 2002. It installs DirectX 8.1. Could
> this be the problem? (N2002 runs fine on this computer, BTW.)

> What's the fix? 3Dfx is gone. Are there drivers out there somewhere for
> the Voodoo5 that work with F1 2001? (I love GPL on the Voodoo5 and am
> not eager to go to a GeForce card.)

http://www.x3dfx.com/
http://www.voodoofiles.com/type.asp?cat_id=1

I have a couple of more links on my home PC, let me know if these don't
work for you and I'll look them up

Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy

"The Pits"    http://www.theuspits.com/

"Animation isn't the illusion of life; it is life"
--Chuck Jones (1912-2002)--

Alison Hin

F1 2001, Voodoo5, and DirectX 8.1

by Alison Hin » Thu, 18 Apr 2002 21:59:35

Thanks for the links, Goy.  

However, I still need some guidance.  There are a zillion different
drivers listed at the two sites you showed.  Which one is most likely to
make F1 2001 work on my system without breaking GPL and N2002?

Also, do I need to deinstall my existing V5 drivers or can I just
install the newer driver on top of the old one?  I've seen horror
stories about Voodoo driver installs, and I don't have time to recover
my system if it gets hosed.

Anyone?

Alison



>> Augh!! I can't run F1 2001 any more!

>> When I try to run it, I get this error message:

>>   F1 2001 cannot be run on this computer. No DirectX 8 video
>>   adapters found. Please contact your video card vendor for
>>   updated drivers.

>> I installed the F1 2001 Development Update #1, but still no joy.

>> My video card is a Voodoo5 5500. CPU is an Athlon T-bird 1.2 running in
>> an Abit KT7. Sound card is SB Live Value. OS is Win98.

>> The Voodoo driver reports as version 4.12.01.0666, release date
>> 12-2-2000.

>> I recently installed Papyrus NASCAR 2002. It installs DirectX 8.1. Could
>> this be the problem? (N2002 runs fine on this computer, BTW.)

>> What's the fix? 3Dfx is gone. Are there drivers out there somewhere for
>> the Voodoo5 that work with F1 2001? (I love GPL on the Voodoo5 and am
>> not eager to go to a GeForce card.)

>http://www.x3dfx.com/
>http://www.voodoofiles.com/type.asp?cat_id=1

>I have a couple of more links on my home PC, let me know if these don't
>work for you and I'll look them up

>Beers and cheers
>(uncle) Goy

>"The Pits"        http://www.theuspits.com/

>"Animation isn't the illusion of life; it is life"
>--Chuck Jones (1912-2002)--

Alison



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Olav K. Malm

F1 2001, Voodoo5, and DirectX 8.1

by Olav K. Malm » Thu, 18 Apr 2002 22:20:16


> Thanks for the links, Goy.  

> However, I still need some guidance.  There are a zillion different
> drivers listed at the two sites you showed.  Which one is most likely to
> make F1 2001 work on my system without breaking GPL and N2002?

> Also, do I need to deinstall my existing V5 drivers or can I just
> install the newer driver on top of the old one?  I've seen horror
> stories about Voodoo driver installs, and I don't have time to recover
> my system if it gets hosed.

> Anyone?

My V5 is gathering dust right now, but from what I could remember, the
last certified drivers 1.04 (still availiable on www.3dfx.com i think)
never had any compability problems.

--
Olav K. Malmin
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Bill Anderso

F1 2001, Voodoo5, and DirectX 8.1

by Bill Anderso » Thu, 18 Apr 2002 22:28:04

Download 3dfx drivers 1.04.01 Beta (they work best for me).

Uninstall 3dfx tools from Add-Remove programs in Control Panel. Reboot.

Go to Display Properties>Advanced>Adapter>Change. Choose "select from list".
Go to Standard Display Types. Select Standard Display Adapter (VGA). Reboot.

Install 3dfx drivers. Reboot

Install DX 8.1. Reboot

Uninstall 3dfx tools and reboot.

> Thanks for the links, Goy.

> However, I still need some guidance.  There are a zillion different
> drivers listed at the two sites you showed.  Which one is most likely to
> make F1 2001 work on my system without breaking GPL and N2002?

> Also, do I need to deinstall my existing V5 drivers or can I just
> install the newer driver on top of the old one?  I've seen horror
> stories about Voodoo driver installs, and I don't have time to recover
> my system if it gets hosed.

> Anyone?

> Alison



> >> Augh!! I can't run F1 2001 any more!

> >> When I try to run it, I get this error message:

> >>   F1 2001 cannot be run on this computer. No DirectX 8 video
> >>   adapters found. Please contact your video card vendor for
> >>   updated drivers.

> >> I installed the F1 2001 Development Update #1, but still no joy.

> >> My video card is a Voodoo5 5500. CPU is an Athlon T-bird 1.2 running in
> >> an Abit KT7. Sound card is SB Live Value. OS is Win98.

> >> The Voodoo driver reports as version 4.12.01.0666, release date
> >> 12-2-2000.

> >> I recently installed Papyrus NASCAR 2002. It installs DirectX 8.1.
Could
> >> this be the problem? (N2002 runs fine on this computer, BTW.)

> >> What's the fix? 3Dfx is gone. Are there drivers out there somewhere for
> >> the Voodoo5 that work with F1 2001? (I love GPL on the Voodoo5 and am
> >> not eager to go to a GeForce card.)

> >http://www.x3dfx.com/
> >http://www.voodoofiles.com/type.asp?cat_id=1

> >I have a couple of more links on my home PC, let me know if these don't
> >work for you and I'll look them up

> >Beers and cheers
> >(uncle) Goy

> >"The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/

> >"Animation isn't the illusion of life; it is life"
> >--Chuck Jones (1912-2002)--

> Alison



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Bill Anderso

F1 2001, Voodoo5, and DirectX 8.1

by Bill Anderso » Thu, 18 Apr 2002 22:32:59

Please ignore the last line in my last post.

The last step is reinstalling DX 8.1. Ignore the Uninstall 3dfx tools at the
bottom. That's the first step. Sorry.


> Thanks for the links, Goy.

> However, I still need some guidance.  There are a zillion different
> drivers listed at the two sites you showed.  Which one is most likely to
> make F1 2001 work on my system without breaking GPL and N2002?

> Also, do I need to deinstall my existing V5 drivers or can I just
> install the newer driver on top of the old one?  I've seen horror
> stories about Voodoo driver installs, and I don't have time to recover
> my system if it gets hosed.

> Anyone?

> Alison



> >> Augh!! I can't run F1 2001 any more!

> >> When I try to run it, I get this error message:

> >>   F1 2001 cannot be run on this computer. No DirectX 8 video
> >>   adapters found. Please contact your video card vendor for
> >>   updated drivers.

> >> I installed the F1 2001 Development Update #1, but still no joy.

> >> My video card is a Voodoo5 5500. CPU is an Athlon T-bird 1.2 running in
> >> an Abit KT7. Sound card is SB Live Value. OS is Win98.

> >> The Voodoo driver reports as version 4.12.01.0666, release date
> >> 12-2-2000.

> >> I recently installed Papyrus NASCAR 2002. It installs DirectX 8.1.
Could
> >> this be the problem? (N2002 runs fine on this computer, BTW.)

> >> What's the fix? 3Dfx is gone. Are there drivers out there somewhere for
> >> the Voodoo5 that work with F1 2001? (I love GPL on the Voodoo5 and am
> >> not eager to go to a GeForce card.)

> >http://www.x3dfx.com/
> >http://www.voodoofiles.com/type.asp?cat_id=1

> >I have a couple of more links on my home PC, let me know if these don't
> >work for you and I'll look them up

> >Beers and cheers
> >(uncle) Goy

> >"The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/

> >"Animation isn't the illusion of life; it is life"
> >--Chuck Jones (1912-2002)--

> Alison



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Chris H

F1 2001, Voodoo5, and DirectX 8.1

by Chris H » Thu, 18 Apr 2002 22:49:03

What operating system are you running?  That could make a difference.  I run F1 2001 on Windows XP Pro, which comes with DirectX 8.1 natively.  If the other suggestions in this thread don't work, try going to Start/Run and type in "dxdiag" (without quotes) in the run line and hit the Enter key.  Run the DirectX tests on your machine and see if it shows an error somewhere.
--
Chris H.

> Augh!! I can't run F1 2001 any more!

> When I try to run it, I get this error message:

>   F1 2001 cannot be run on this computer. No DirectX 8 video
>   adapters found. Please contact your video card vendor for
>   updated drivers.

> I installed the F1 2001 Development Update #1, but still no joy.

> My video card is a Voodoo5 5500. CPU is an Athlon T-bird 1.2 running in
> an Abit KT7. Sound card is SB Live Value. OS is Win98.

> The Voodoo driver reports as version 4.12.01.0666, release date
> 12-2-2000.

> I recently installed Papyrus NASCAR 2002. It installs DirectX 8.1. Could
> this be the problem? (N2002 runs fine on this computer, BTW.)

> What's the fix? 3Dfx is gone. Are there drivers out there somewhere for
> the Voodoo5 that work with F1 2001? (I love GPL on the Voodoo5 and am
> not eager to go to a GeForce card.)

> Alison



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Joel A. Willstei

F1 2001, Voodoo5, and DirectX 8.1

by Joel A. Willstei » Thu, 18 Apr 2002 22:59:52

Alison,

     I have virtually the same system as you, and I don't have any problems
running F1 2001, nor the ALMS mod.  But I've also installed the update #2.
I'm running the 1.04 beta drivers and they work great, as well as Direct X
8.1

Joel Willstein

--

"If you can leave black marks on a straight from the time you exit a corner
till the time you brake for the next turn
, then you have enough horsepower."
Mark Donohue


> Augh!! I can't run F1 2001 any more!

> When I try to run it, I get this error message:

>   F1 2001 cannot be run on this computer. No DirectX 8 video
>   adapters found. Please contact your video card vendor for
>   updated drivers.

> I installed the F1 2001 Development Update #1, but still no joy.

> My video card is a Voodoo5 5500. CPU is an Athlon T-bird 1.2 running in
> an Abit KT7. Sound card is SB Live Value. OS is Win98.

> The Voodoo driver reports as version 4.12.01.0666, release date
> 12-2-2000.

> I recently installed Papyrus NASCAR 2002. It installs DirectX 8.1. Could
> this be the problem? (N2002 runs fine on this computer, BTW.)

> What's the fix? 3Dfx is gone. Are there drivers out there somewhere for
> the Voodoo5 that work with F1 2001? (I love GPL on the Voodoo5 and am
> not eager to go to a GeForce card.)

> Alison



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Joel A. Willstei

F1 2001, Voodoo5, and DirectX 8.1

by Joel A. Willstei » Thu, 18 Apr 2002 22:59:52

Alison,

     I have virtually the same system as you, and I don't have any problems
running F1 2001, nor the ALMS mod.  But I've also installed the update #2.
I'm running the 1.04 beta drivers and they work great, as well as Direct X
8.1

Joel Willstein

--

"If you can leave black marks on a straight from the time you exit a corner
till the time you brake for the next turn
, then you have enough horsepower."
Mark Donohue


> Augh!! I can't run F1 2001 any more!

> When I try to run it, I get this error message:

>   F1 2001 cannot be run on this computer. No DirectX 8 video
>   adapters found. Please contact your video card vendor for
>   updated drivers.

> I installed the F1 2001 Development Update #1, but still no joy.

> My video card is a Voodoo5 5500. CPU is an Athlon T-bird 1.2 running in
> an Abit KT7. Sound card is SB Live Value. OS is Win98.

> The Voodoo driver reports as version 4.12.01.0666, release date
> 12-2-2000.

> I recently installed Papyrus NASCAR 2002. It installs DirectX 8.1. Could
> this be the problem? (N2002 runs fine on this computer, BTW.)

> What's the fix? 3Dfx is gone. Are there drivers out there somewhere for
> the Voodoo5 that work with F1 2001? (I love GPL on the Voodoo5 and am
> not eager to go to a GeForce card.)

> Alison



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Goy Larse

F1 2001, Voodoo5, and DirectX 8.1

by Goy Larse » Thu, 18 Apr 2002 23:03:40


> Thanks for the links, Goy.

> However, I still need some guidance.  There are a zillion different
> drivers listed at the two sites you showed.  Which one is most likely to
> make F1 2001 work on my system without breaking GPL and N2002?

> Also, do I need to deinstall my existing V5 drivers or can I just
> install the newer driver on top of the old one?  I've seen horror
> stories about Voodoo driver installs, and I don't have time to recover
> my system if it gets hosed.

Well, I haven't tried any of these under W98 as I've now installed WinXP
on the 3 PC's I'm running with V5's

One is running with the X3dfX drivers, one is running with the drivers
that came with XP and one is running with drivers from another place
that I don't have the link to at the moment, performance wise the driver
that came with XP is lagging a bit behind and don't come with the "3Dfx
tools" of course

I have not installed F1-2001 on either PC, and I've never installed any
of these on top of other drivers either, save for those that came with
XP, but as a rule I always uninstall older drivers before installing new
drivers unless told otherwise by the readme

I agree, there are too many drivers, as much as I appreciate the effort
of the community to keep our cards running for as long as possible, a
joint effort might have been better for those of us that don't have time
to fiddle around with our PC's all the time, currently I have some 80 MB
of various drivers for the V5 on the server here, bit too much :-)

If I was doing it over again, I'd give the X3Dfx drivers a go, to the
best of my knowledge these are at least partly created by people who
used to work for 3Dfx....

Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy

"The Pits"    http://www.theuspits.com/

"Animation isn't the illusion of life; it is life"
--Chuck Jones (1912-2002)--

John Pancoas

F1 2001, Voodoo5, and DirectX 8.1

by John Pancoas » Thu, 18 Apr 2002 23:14:49

Alison;
  If nothing else works, you may want to post here and/or over at the
flight-sim ng and talk to Papa Doc(Pierre Legrand).  I think you know him.
He's an expert on V5's, and can get them to run great on anything.  Here's a
link to his site too, http://www.papadoc.net/index.html

-John


> Augh!! I can't run F1 2001 any more!

> When I try to run it, I get this error message:

>   F1 2001 cannot be run on this computer. No DirectX 8 video
>   adapters found. Please contact your video card vendor for
>   updated drivers.

> I installed the F1 2001 Development Update #1, but still no joy.

> My video card is a Voodoo5 5500. CPU is an Athlon T-bird 1.2 running in
> an Abit KT7. Sound card is SB Live Value. OS is Win98.

> The Voodoo driver reports as version 4.12.01.0666, release date
> 12-2-2000.

> I recently installed Papyrus NASCAR 2002. It installs DirectX 8.1. Could
> this be the problem? (N2002 runs fine on this computer, BTW.)

> What's the fix? 3Dfx is gone. Are there drivers out there somewhere for
> the Voodoo5 that work with F1 2001? (I love GPL on the Voodoo5 and am
> not eager to go to a GeForce card.)

> Alison



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Goy Larse

F1 2001, Voodoo5, and DirectX 8.1

by Goy Larse » Thu, 18 Apr 2002 23:46:54


> Alison;
>   If nothing else works, you may want to post here and/or over at the
> flight-sim ng and talk to Papa Doc(Pierre Legrand).  I think you know him.
> He's an expert on V5's, and can get them to run great on anything.  Here's a
> link to his site too, http://www.papadoc.net/index.html

Excellent idea, now why didn't I think of that....

Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy

"The Pits"    http://www.theuspits.com/

"Animation isn't the illusion of life; it is life"
--Chuck Jones (1912-2002)--

Steve Smit

F1 2001, Voodoo5, and DirectX 8.1

by Steve Smit » Fri, 19 Apr 2002 00:29:35

Guys & Goys,

I think what Alison needs is a set of Voodoo drivers like these:

http://www.voodoofiles.com/4988

which offer full support for DX8.0 (and, hopefully, 8.1, 'cuz F1 2001 wants
to see 8.1).

But she's right--there are dozens of drivers on these sites, many of which
have utterly confusing nomenclature (I saw one set of drivers marked "beta 3
beta 3"--which is it?).

--Steve


> Augh!! I can't run F1 2001 any more!

> When I try to run it, I get this error message:

>   F1 2001 cannot be run on this computer. No DirectX 8 video
>   adapters found. Please contact your video card vendor for
>   updated drivers.

> I installed the F1 2001 Development Update #1, but still no joy.

> My video card is a Voodoo5 5500. CPU is an Athlon T-bird 1.2 running in
> an Abit KT7. Sound card is SB Live Value. OS is Win98.

> The Voodoo driver reports as version 4.12.01.0666, release date
> 12-2-2000.

> I recently installed Papyrus NASCAR 2002. It installs DirectX 8.1. Could
> this be the problem? (N2002 runs fine on this computer, BTW.)

> What's the fix? 3Dfx is gone. Are there drivers out there somewhere for
> the Voodoo5 that work with F1 2001? (I love GPL on the Voodoo5 and am
> not eager to go to a GeForce card.)

> Alison



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Steve Smit

F1 2001, Voodoo5, and DirectX 8.1

by Steve Smit » Fri, 19 Apr 2002 00:31:58

P.S.  Wild horses couldn't make me try to *uninstall* DX8 or 8.1.  Bin
there, got the burqa--it cost me a reformat/reinstall of Win ME.


> Guys & Goys,

> I think what Alison needs is a set of Voodoo drivers like these:

> http://www.voodoofiles.com/4988

> which offer full support for DX8.0 (and, hopefully, 8.1, 'cuz F1 2001
wants
> to see 8.1).

> But she's right--there are dozens of drivers on these sites, many of which
> have utterly confusing nomenclature (I saw one set of drivers marked "beta
3
> beta 3"--which is it?).

> --Steve



> > Augh!! I can't run F1 2001 any more!

> > When I try to run it, I get this error message:

> >   F1 2001 cannot be run on this computer. No DirectX 8 video
> >   adapters found. Please contact your video card vendor for
> >   updated drivers.

> > I installed the F1 2001 Development Update #1, but still no joy.

> > My video card is a Voodoo5 5500. CPU is an Athlon T-bird 1.2 running in
> > an Abit KT7. Sound card is SB Live Value. OS is Win98.

> > The Voodoo driver reports as version 4.12.01.0666, release date
> > 12-2-2000.

> > I recently installed Papyrus NASCAR 2002. It installs DirectX 8.1. Could
> > this be the problem? (N2002 runs fine on this computer, BTW.)

> > What's the fix? 3Dfx is gone. Are there drivers out there somewhere for
> > the Voodoo5 that work with F1 2001? (I love GPL on the Voodoo5 and am
> > not eager to go to a GeForce card.)

> > Alison



> > Remove the spam blocker NOSPAM to email me.
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Eldre

F1 2001, Voodoo5, and DirectX 8.1

by Eldre » Fri, 19 Apr 2002 03:33:23



>Thanks for the links, Goy.  

>However, I still need some guidance.  There are a zillion different
>drivers listed at the two sites you showed.  Which one is most likely to
>make F1 2001 work on my system without breaking GPL and N2002?

>Also, do I need to deinstall my existing V5 drivers or can I just
>install the newer driver on top of the old one?  I've seen horror
>stories about Voodoo driver installs, and I don't have time to recover
>my system if it gets hosed.

I can check what version of drivers I have when I get home from work.  I'm
using a V5, and I can run all three programs fine...

Eldred
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