What a coincidence Rob, I downloaded the beta drivers a few hours ago,
installed them, and indeed no lockups so far !!!!
I'll keep my fingers crossed untill I tested it at least a couple of
days, but this looks very hopefull.
The only thing I didn't do is replacing the gpl glide 2.53 driver with
the 2.56 one. If I get a lockup, I can still try this, but it doesn't
seem necessary so far.
I haven't tested any fps improvements, gonna test that right now.
Thanks!
Andre
On Thu, 16 Dec 1999 08:45:32 -0800, Rob Adams
>I've been watching this post for a while, too chicken to mess with my (working)
>Diamond Monster II SLI setup, but I finally bit the bullet. Download the "DirectX
>7 beta" driver for Voodoo2 from www.3dfx.com, and unzip it to an empty folder.
>Then do a Find for "glide" on all your hard drive partitions. Replace any glide
>files you find with the equivalent ones from 3dfx. In my case, this updated me
>from glide 2.54 to glide 2.56.
>I have 2 12MB Monster 3DII's running SLI, on a Dell PII 333 with 128MB RAM, and
>here's a before and after:
>Before:
>N3: 30fps alone, 20-25 in pack, with 12 cars ahead and 2 back, anti-aliasing
>turned off
>GPL: 36 fps alone, 20 at start, 30 in moderate traffic. Cursor remnants all over
>screen in menus, lockups every 3rd day or so in menus.
>After:
>N3: 30fps all the time, 16 ahead, 3 behind, anti-aliasing turned on
>GPL: 36 fps alone, 25-30 at start, 33-36 in traffic, no cursor remnants, no
>lockups (so far, I just did it last night).
>Graphics in GPL also look clearer.
>Unreal Tournament and Half Life also look better, but no numbers to prove it.
>HIGHLY recommended update. Looks like Diamond isn't going to support 3DII
>anymore, so might as well rely on 3dfx for driver support.
>> I did install different drivers, but no luck so far. I was hoping that
>> someone else who had the same problem allready solved it.
>> Someone said it was a specific SLI problem. But I want to keep using
>> my Voodoo II SLI, because if I only use one Voodoo card, I can't play
>> in 1024 resolution :(
>> Andre
>> >I can't offer any specific advice as I'm a TNT2 user, other than to say that
>> >all my gpl video problems come and go as I experiment with different video
>> >drivers, so I would suggest to maybe try some different ones.
>> >>Very often GPL crashes when I start a race. When I hit the green
>> >>button to start, GPL changes to the 3d mode, and then it crashes.
>> >>I can't really describe what I see on the screen when it crashes. I
>> >>see the menu, but in 1024 resolution, and it's corrupted. Really
>> >>weird. I then have to quit with C-A-D.
>> >>I also have this when I go back to the menu after a race. As soon as
>> >>it changes back to the menu, it locks up.
>> >>I have this maybe 1 out of 10 times, and it is so frustrating.
>> >>Yesterday I had a wonderfull online race at the ring, and after the
>> >>race I wanted to save the replay. I pressed escape, and GPL locked up
>> >>again.
>> >>I have a Voodoo II SLI, drive in 1024 resolution, and I have the
>> >>latest Diamond drivers and Glide 2.53 installed.
>> >>Any suggestions would be VERY welcome...
>> >>Andre
>> >--
>> >Don Scurlock
>> >Vancouver,B.C.
>Rob Adams
>Victoria BC
