run GPL at a smooth 36 fps - I failed.
My friend bought a brand new PIII 500 MHz, AGP/PCI system with an ATI
Rage 128 3D card inside. We removed this card in order to replace it
with the Voodoo 3 card, but the system either locked up after the Win 98
screen showed up, after a short BIOS information of the Voodoo card came
up, or didn't even boot at all. It never did boot from a boot-disk I had
prepared.
The system must be okay, as it did run with the ATI card (and
reinstalling that one several times worked perfectly). The Voodoo card
is also okay, as I installed it on a PII 400 SCSI system in the office
of my friend.
Yes, I altered the BIOS setup as recommended by 3dfx and disabled Video
BIOS shadow and VGA Snoop. I could not find Hidden Refresh, Byte Merge
or DAC Snoop in the Award BIOS.
Running the ATI card, the system shows no hardware conflicts; both cards
are AGP cards ...
Frankly spoken, I have no idea what else I should try - and as the
system and the Voodoo card seem to be okay, neither can be returned to
the dealer. Any ideas how I can force them to cooperate???
TAL
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