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GPL + Monster 3DII

Decla

GPL + Monster 3DII

by Decla » Thu, 12 Nov 1998 04:00:00

Help Please.
I Just added a Diamond Monster 3DII (12MB) to my system, and when it works
it is absolutely brilliant, but..... it seems to have a mind of its own !!
Spec is :
Dell Dimesnion XPSR350
Pentium II 350MHz,
64MB,
Diamond Permedia 2, 8MB AGP
Turtle Beach A3D Sound
+ New Diamond Monster 3DII Voodoo2

Sometimes GPL doesnt even start up... I get the egg-timer, for about 4
seconds, then its as if something is running in the background, since all
the menu's are slow, and a Ctrl-Alt-Del will show either a "Papyrus Window"
or "gpl" or soemtimes both (I think).
Other times.... I get through all except the last green button to get into
the car.
Other times... I manage to drive, but when I try to Esc, Enter to go back to
the pits, all I get is a black screen.
I have tried all resolutions, but seems to make no difference.
Last thing I tried was downloading the "new" voodoo2 drivers from
www.3dfx.com  but this seems to be exactly the same.


to .

Thanx
Declan

Keith Cals

GPL + Monster 3DII

by Keith Cals » Fri, 13 Nov 1998 04:00:00

This is going to sound crazy but I had a similar problem (every few
launches of GPL the program would just hang and I had to Ctrl-Alt-Del
and End Task) but the problem went away and never came back when I
installed DirectX6.  (I was using the DirectX that comes with Win98
before that.)   Just thought I'd mention that though it was probably a
fluke.

--Keith

On Wed, 11 Nov 1998 18:54:17 -0000, "Declan"


>Help Please.
>I Just added a Diamond Monster 3DII (12MB) to my system, and when it works
>it is absolutely brilliant, but..... it seems to have a mind of its own !!
>Spec is :
>Dell Dimesnion XPSR350
>Pentium II 350MHz,
>64MB,
>Diamond Permedia 2, 8MB AGP
>Turtle Beach A3D Sound
>+ New Diamond Monster 3DII Voodoo2

>Sometimes GPL doesnt even start up... I get the egg-timer, for about 4
>seconds, then its as if something is running in the background, since all
>the menu's are slow, and a Ctrl-Alt-Del will show either a "Papyrus Window"
>or "gpl" or soemtimes both (I think).
>Other times.... I get through all except the last green button to get into
>the car.
>Other times... I manage to drive, but when I try to Esc, Enter to go back to
>the pits, all I get is a black screen.
>I have tried all resolutions, but seems to make no difference.
>Last thing I tried was downloading the "new" voodoo2 drivers from
>www.3dfx.com  but this seems to be exactly the same.


>to .

>Thanx
>Declan

--Keith
"Coming in 2nd place just means that you are the first to lose!"
Decla

GPL + Monster 3DII

by Decla » Fri, 13 Nov 1998 04:00:00

Thanks !
I came home this evening and tried again, after a lot of installing and
re-installing of drivers, and GPL works every time !!!
I reckon its after a cold-boot, rather than a "restart" ? - Mabye a
"Restart" from win95 is the same thing, but its the only logic I can see !

And by the way... GPL is excellent at 35.99 or 36 fps !! Its like a
different game ! wow.


>Get the latest drivers from Diamond! The latest reference drivers are
problematic with
>GPL I think.

Byron Forbe

GPL + Monster 3DII

by Byron Forbe » Sat, 14 Nov 1998 04:00:00

Get the latest drivers from Diamond! The latest reference drivers are problematic with
GPL I think.


> Help Please.
> I Just added a Diamond Monster 3DII (12MB) to my system, and when it works
> it is absolutely brilliant, but..... it seems to have a mind of its own !!
> Spec is :
> Dell Dimesnion XPSR350
> Pentium II 350MHz,
> 64MB,
> Diamond Permedia 2, 8MB AGP
> Turtle Beach A3D Sound
> + New Diamond Monster 3DII Voodoo2

> Sometimes GPL doesnt even start up... I get the egg-timer, for about 4
> seconds, then its as if something is running in the background, since all
> the menu's are slow, and a Ctrl-Alt-Del will show either a "Papyrus Window"
> or "gpl" or soemtimes both (I think).
> Other times.... I get through all except the last green button to get into
> the car.
> Other times... I manage to drive, but when I try to Esc, Enter to go back to
> the pits, all I get is a black screen.
> I have tried all resolutions, but seems to make no difference.
> Last thing I tried was downloading the "new" voodoo2 drivers from
> www.3dfx.com  but this seems to be exactly the same.


> to .

> Thanx
> Declan

--
 Byron Forbes
 Captain of Team Lightning Bolt

 http://members.tripod.com/~HOSHUMUNGUS

    and

 http://www.frontiernet.net/~godsoe/bolt/home.htm


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