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by **Trey Beh** » Tue, 09 Mar 1999 04:00:00

Just got my Diamond Monster 3DII card. All I want to do is download the proper
Glide files.The only site I've found (through Voodoo) seems to require
something called Linux, or RPM, or some other such gobbledegook to install.

Is there anyone, anwhere, who can point me to a simple download of Glide 2.43
or better? I wanna get back to DRIVING!! :)

Thank you,
Trey Behan

by **Tore Hanso** » Tue, 09 Mar 1999 04:00:00

Go to the www.3dfx.com site. Go to "drivers: Voodoo2" then look for your
card

Tore

>Just got my Diamond Monster 3DII card. All I want to do is download the
proper
>Glide files.The only site I've found (through Voodoo) seems to require
>something called Linux, or RPM, or some other such gobbledegook to install.

>Is there anyone, anwhere, who can point me to a simple download of Glide
2.43
>or better? I wanna get back to DRIVING!! :)

>Thank you,
>Trey Behan

by **Trey Beh** » Wed, 10 Mar 1999 04:00:00

>Go to the www.3dfx.com site. Go to "drivers: Voodoo2" then look for your
>card

Thank you...I've been there and seen that, and the drivers appeared to be for
the actual board. But I'll try it again.

Gratefully,
Trey Behan

by **Peter Nilss** » Wed, 10 Mar 1999 04:00:00

> >Go to the www.3dfx.com site. Go to "drivers: Voodoo2" then look for your
> >card

> Thank you...I've been there and seen that, and the drivers appeared to be for
> the actual board. But I'll try it again.

> Gratefully,
> Trey Behan

The 3Dfx site has two options for Voodoo drivers; either the card vendors
drivers (you'll be redirected to the Diamond site) or 3Dfx's own
"reference drivers. I think the ref. drivers will be the ones you want to
download. I use them for my Creative Labs card.

The ref. drivers install Glide version 2.54. This is a no-no when it comes to
GPL. So get the 2.53 Glide driver from
http://www.grandprix2.com/gpl/patches.htm and place that file in the GPL
directory. Then race away!!!

/petern

by **Trey Beh** » Wed, 10 Mar 1999 04:00:00

>The ref. drivers install Glide version 2.54. This is a no-no when it comes to

>GPL. So get the 2.53 Glide driver

Why is 2.54 a no-no? I think the read-me says "2.53 or better." Don't want to
make a mistake; I've already downloaded Diamond's Glide 2.54 for Monster 3d II,
named: w9xm2207.exe. No install yet, though.

Thanks for your help. E-mail may be faster for you.

Trey Behan

by **Vintoo** » Wed, 10 Mar 1999 04:00:00

The problem is not the drivers. It is a heating problem. Underclock the
voodoo2 to the lowest setting. If your problems lesson then buy a fan. GPL
used to freeze up on me with any glide versions above 2.53. I installed a
fan from 3dfx Cool and now I am using the latest diamond drivers and directX
6.1 with the voodoo2 card clocked to the max at 95. No problems with GPL
anymore.

Vintook

>>The ref. drivers install Glide version 2.54. This is a no-no when it comes
to

>>GPL. So get the 2.53 Glide driver

>Why is 2.54 a no-no? I think the read-me says "2.53 or better." Don't want
to
>make a mistake; I've already downloaded Diamond's Glide 2.54 for Monster 3d
II,
>named: w9xm2207.exe. No install yet, though.

>Thanks for your help. E-mail may be faster for you.

>Trey Behan

by **Peter Nilss** » Thu, 11 Mar 1999 04:00:00

It might be both heating/overclocking and drivers.
If I run GPL with the 2.54 driver I get flickering squares in menus etc. Back
to 2.53, all is OK.
If I overclock my (Creative Labs) Voodoo 2 I can only run GPL for 30 seconds,
then It's good-night. Regardless of driver version.

/petern

> The problem is not the drivers. It is a heating problem. Underclock the
> voodoo2 to the lowest setting. If your problems lesson then buy a fan. GPL
> used to freeze up on me with any glide versions above 2.53. I installed a
> fan from 3dfx Cool and now I am using the latest diamond drivers and directX
> 6.1 with the voodoo2 card clocked to the max at 95. No problems with GPL
> anymore.

> Vintook

> >>The ref. drivers install Glide version 2.54. This is a no-no when it comes
> to

> >>GPL. So get the 2.53 Glide driver

> >Why is 2.54 a no-no? I think the read-me says "2.53 or better." Don't want
> to
> >make a mistake; I've already downloaded Diamond's Glide 2.54 for Monster 3d
> II,
> >named: w9xm2207.exe. No install yet, though.

> >Thanks for your help. E-mail may be faster for you.

> >Trey Behan

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