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Easy fix for 8500 in LFS

Kari Ikone

Easy fix for 8500 in LFS

by Kari Ikone » Fri, 23 Aug 2002 08:21:28

I use the latest Omega/Plutonium 6118 drivers. http://www.racesimcentral.net/
but I'm sure the official 6118 works fine too.
The tweaker + a lot of other helpful stuff for your Radeon you can get at
http://www.racesimcentral.net/:)

Kari


> Where do I get the Rage 3D Tweak from?  And what drivers are you using
> for your 8500?  (I have an 8500LE....)

> Thanks!


> > I had same probs as many others have in LFS with their 8500 card. I
> > tried
> > the AGP bios setting and even though fps did improved they still were
> > very
> > poor in race. I installed Rage3D tweak 3.5 and started to fiddle
> > around with
> > different settings, mainly directX settings and came  up with a fix
> > that
> > enables me to drive with more than double the frame rate that the AGP
> > bios
> > fix provided.! I now have my bios settings restored to normal. :)

> > 1. In the tweakers 3D directX settings disable TCL hardware.
> > 2 Reboot PC
> > 3. play LFS

> > The main thing to do is to disable TCL and the reboot. You can turn it
> > on
> > after reboot as it doesn't seem to have any effect (?) until reboot
> > again
> > when
> > playing LFS.

> > Kari Ikonen

bertr

Easy fix for 8500 in LFS

by bertr » Fri, 23 Aug 2002 10:22:10

Thanks, Guys.  That worked.

> I use the latest Omega/Plutonium 6118 drivers. http://www.omegacorner.com/
> but I'm sure the official 6118 works fine too.
> The tweaker + a lot of other helpful stuff for your Radeon you can get at
> http://www.rage3d.com/ like Goy Larsen already mentioned. :)

> Kari



> > Where do I get the Rage 3D Tweak from?  And what drivers are you using
> > for your 8500?  (I have an 8500LE....)

> > Thanks!


> > > I had same probs as many others have in LFS with their 8500 card. I
> > > tried
> > > the AGP bios setting and even though fps did improved they still were
> > > very
> > > poor in race. I installed Rage3D tweak 3.5 and started to fiddle
> > > around with
> > > different settings, mainly directX settings and came  up with a fix
> > > that
> > > enables me to drive with more than double the frame rate that the AGP
> > > bios
> > > fix provided.! I now have my bios settings restored to normal. :)

> > > 1. In the tweakers 3D directX settings disable TCL hardware.
> > > 2 Reboot PC
> > > 3. play LFS

> > > The main thing to do is to disable TCL and the reboot. You can turn it
> > > on
> > > after reboot as it doesn't seem to have any effect (?) until reboot
> > > again
> > > when
> > > playing LFS.

> > > Kari Ikonen


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