>>I have got a PII 450, 128 megs of RAM, SB16 Sound Card, Riva TNT card and
a
>>Voodoo 1 card for 3DFX. Both video cards run the game fine, but when I
>>choose to use the 3DFX driver, whenever I get the car into 4th gear, it
>>starts making this god awful racket. Sounds like the car just dropped 2
>>cylinders. It's just a real bad static noise. But like I said, only
happens
>>in 4th gear and when I use the 3DFX driver. If I switch to D3D, everything
>>is fine, just doesn't look quite as good. Anyone know what this could be?
>>What would switching video modes have to do with the sound?
>It sounds to me as if attempting to load the large textures
>into your 4MB Voodoo1 card is constantly interfering with
>the sound.
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>>>I have got a PII 450, 128 megs of RAM, SB16 Sound Card, Riva TNT card and
>a
>>>Voodoo 1 card for 3DFX. Both video cards run the game fine, but when I
>>>choose to use the 3DFX driver, whenever I get the car into 4th gear, it
>>>starts making this god awful racket. Sounds like the car just dropped 2
>>>cylinders. It's just a real bad static noise. But like I said, only
>happens
>>>in 4th gear and when I use the 3DFX driver. If I switch to D3D,
everything
>>>is fine, just doesn't look quite as good. Anyone know what this could be?
>>>What would switching video modes have to do with the sound?
>>It sounds to me as if attempting to load the large textures
>>into your 4MB Voodoo1 card is constantly interfering with
>>the sound.
>Could be! I was going to suggest that he try a PCI soundcard.
>The SB16 was notorious for static and PCI will certainly help
>framerate.
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