rec.autos.simulators

New Diamond Drivers?

Richard Busc

New Diamond Drivers?

by Richard Busc » Sat, 16 Jan 1999 04:00:00

I just D'loaded the new drivers (ver 2.07 ). Has anyone tried these yet?
Especially with GPL? They say it fixes the control panel and now works
with 3DNOW, but nothing else new. ????

I don't want to be the guinea pig. <G>

"ZZ"

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Mike Grand

New Diamond Drivers?

by Mike Grand » Sat, 16 Jan 1999 04:00:00

I downloaded them but was unable to use them. It said that the ones I was using were the most  current. I checked the dates and they appear to be older or the same drivers.
Anyone have and answer.

Mike Grandy - proud member of

Precision Team Motorsports

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  I just D'loaded the new drivers (ver 2.07 ). Has anyone tried these yet?
  Especially with GPL? They say it fixes the control panel and now works
  with 3DNOW, but nothing else new. ????

  I don't want to be the guinea pig. <G>

  "ZZ"

  --
  Busch Carpentry
  "Plans?"
  ----------------
  Busch Motorsports
  "Remember racecar is racecar spelled backward"

Jon Van Ginneke

New Diamond Drivers?

by Jon Van Ginneke » Sat, 16 Jan 1999 04:00:00

Hmmmm, I downloaded them and checked and the 207's are 12/16/98 while
the 205's were 11/23/98.  I have yet to try them, but hopefully I get a
fix for polygons in Viper (with the same speed as 205 over 203...33%
more fps in Viper) and working properly in GPL.


> I downloaded them but was unable to use them. It said that the ones I
> was using were the most  current. I checked the dates and they appear
> to be older or the same drivers.Anyone have and answer.  Mike Grandy -
> proud member of

> Precision Team Motorsports

> Powered By ECCI driving controls

> http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/extreme/



>      new drivers (ver 2.07 ). Has anyone tried these yet?
>      Especially with GPL? They say it fixes the control panel and
>      now works
>      with 3DNOW, but nothing else new. ????

>      I don't want to be the guinea pig. <G>

>      "ZZ"

>      --
>      Busch Carpentry
>      "Plans?"
>      ----------------
>      Busch Motorsports
>      "Remember racecar is racecar spelled backward"

--

Jon   Van Ginneken

"I wrestled with an alligator, tussled with a whale,
handcuffed lightning, threw thunder in jail...I'm a bad dude."

                        - Muhammad Ali

Jon Van Ginneke

New Diamond Drivers?

by Jon Van Ginneke » Sat, 16 Jan 1999 04:00:00

I tried them and like 205 they don't work right in GPL.  Has the mouse
flicker and will occasionally lock up (I went back to the 203's).  It upsets
me cause these are great drivers for performance and grafx, but I guess the
3dfx rastelizer in GPL 1.0.0.0 is not compatible; hopefully it's addressed
in the GPL patch.

For Viper it was like 205, no missing polygons and 33% faster for my system
(PII 400).  The grafx are richer, I think I saw a few more fps in GPL, but
in GPL it crashes when I click into options more then once...too bad really.


> I just D'loaded the new drivers (ver 2.07 ). Has anyone tried these yet?
> Especially with GPL? They say it fixes the control panel and now works
> with 3DNOW, but nothing else new. ????

> I don't want to be the guinea pig. <G>

> "ZZ"

> --
> Busch Carpentry
> "Plans?"
> ----------------
> Busch Motorsports
> "Remember racecar is racecar spelled backward"

--

Jon   Van Ginneken

"I wrestled with an alligator, tussled with a whale,
handcuffed lightning, threw thunder in jail...I'm a bad dude."

                        - Muhammad Ali

Eric T. Busc

New Diamond Drivers?

by Eric T. Busc » Sat, 16 Jan 1999 04:00:00

Both problems are due to Glide 2.54 and will need to be addressed by
3Dfx in their drivers.  Until then, you can place a copy of version 2.53
glide2x.dll (get it from the non-DX6 reference drivers available from
3Dfx) in your GPL folder.

- Eric



Lutrel

New Diamond Drivers?

by Lutrel » Sun, 17 Jan 1999 04:00:00

Does 207 work with the CMR demo?
Lutrell

>Both problems are due to Glide 2.54 and will need to be addressed by
>3Dfx in their drivers.  Until then, you can place a copy of version 2.53
>glide2x.dll (get it from the non-DX6 reference drivers available from
>3Dfx) in your GPL folder.

>- Eric



>>I tried them and like 205 they don't work right in GPL.  Has the mouse
>>flicker and will occasionally lock up (I went back to the 203's).  It
>upsets
>>me cause these are great drivers for performance and grafx, but I guess
>the
>>3dfx rastelizer in GPL 1.0.0.0 is not compatible; hopefully it's
>addressed
>>in the GPL patch.

RL

New Diamond Drivers?

by RL » Mon, 18 Jan 1999 04:00:00

I just installed the 2.07 in my machine and except for losing the Control Panel
again they work great in GPL.  To get the control panel back I replace the
MNSTR2PS.DLL file with the one from ver. 2.01 (the version that came on my
monster II CD)
I am also using the latest DX6 files without resorting to putting the older
files in my GPL directory.  I realize that many people are having problems with
the new drivers but there are some of us who are not.


>I tried them and like 205 they don't work right in GPL.  Has the mouse
>flicker and will occasionally lock up (I went back to the 203's).  It upsets
>me cause these are great drivers for performance and grafx, but I guess the
>3dfx rastelizer in GPL 1.0.0.0 is not compatible; hopefully it's addressed
>in the GPL patch.

>For Viper it was like 205, no missing polygons and 33% faster for my system
>(PII 400).  The grafx are richer, I think I saw a few more fps in GPL, but
>in GPL it crashes when I click into options more then once...too bad really.


>> I just D'loaded the new drivers (ver 2.07 ). Has anyone tried these yet?
>> Especially with GPL? They say it fixes the control panel and now works
>> with 3DNOW, but nothing else new. ????

>> I don't want to be the guinea pig. <G>

>> "ZZ"

>> --
>> Busch Carpentry
>> "Plans?"
>> ----------------
>> Busch Motorsports
>> "Remember racecar is racecar spelled backward"

>--

>Jon   Van Ginneken

>"I wrestled with an alligator, tussled with a whale,
>handcuffed lightning, threw thunder in jail...I'm a bad dude."

>                        - Muhammad Ali

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Gordon Bergm

New Diamond Drivers?

by Gordon Bergm » Tue, 19 Jan 1999 04:00:00

How do you install these new drivers?

I run execute file & click on re-install, it points to my D: drive for
completion, but the updated files on already in my computer.

My D: drive is my CD-ROM.

Thanks,

Gordon

Larr

New Diamond Drivers?

by Larr » Wed, 20 Jan 1999 04:00:00

I gotta say, there is more to this polygon problem in Viper than just V2
drivers and DirectX 6...  I really don't think we know the answer to
this mystery yet.

In my case, the problem was _fixed_ by installing the Beta DirectX 6
drivers.  In most cases, the polygons were _blamed_ on the Directx 6
Beta drivers...

I later updated to the 205 drivers, and had no problems.

-Larry



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