rec.autos.simulators

   Now here is the wierd part...I have a beta of the F12k2 LeMans Mod that
was quickly ported over to F1C.  Using the Mod's cars I see almost NO
texture/polygon problems.  The Ferrari 360 had a couple of small triangles
missing from the roof, and a Viper seemed to have no missing textures at
all.  So WHY does the mod display properly(or at least 95% better) when the
original F1 cars do not?
   Here is a link to a couple of screenshots that displays the problem.

http://www.racesimcentral.net/~davehenrie/Simvid_index.html

Anyone have ideas how to clean this up?

(my appologies about the width of the website.  I have very little
experience with webstuff)

Ati 9800(non Pro)No overclocking
Catalyst 3.7 drivers..but every version I have used has the same problems
Win98se
Amd Xp2100+(no overclocking)
fsaa and ansio and Vsync disabled.
512mb pc2100ddr ram.
old A7A266motherboard(ali chipset) 4xagp max.

dave henrie

It is really simple and after many many hours of trying everything it was
such a relief to find the answer.

I further backed up my own cure by trawling the forums with the precise
search words and bingo ALOT of people had experienced the same problem,and
into the bargain i became quite a well thanked person for the info :))

So Dave...after all the slobber...:)...here is the reason.

Your motherboard.

Your mobo maker might have an updated driver on the main site by now,it
might be cured by using the very latest mobo GART drivers(AGP) or the latest
BIOS update might do it.

But for certain a change of mobo WILL do it.

AD

   That sounds like the problem.  A couple of users at RacesimCentral even
had the same motherboard as I have.  Since I had to SNEAK the vidcard
puchase...a motherboard is gonna be a tough sell...hehehehe
dave henrie

Just curious what motherboard/chipset are you using?  I have ran my 9700 pro
on both my old ASUS A7M-266 (amd/via chipset) and my Leadtek K7N (Nforce2
chipset) and never saw anything like that, thank goodness

MadDAWG

   Asus A7A266.  an ALI chipset.  THey whipped it out I think when the
first VIA chipsets had all sorts of problems.  It also has memory slots for
DDR and SDram so it's more of a one board fits all type of arrangement.  
Seems like all the local dealers here in town went for 'lowest common
denominator'  when they bought their supplies.  And since at the time of my
purchase the AMD/VIA/Soundblaster combo seemed to be having tons of
problems, I jumped at the chance to avoid a VIA based board.
  I have an updated bios, but I think there is one more update version
available.  Not sure what difference that will make, the bios update is to
enable compatibility with the 2600+ Thourobred CPU.  I'd also like to move
to a Barton AMD cpu so a new mb is becomming more and more important.
dh

AD

It was real common around here at first, but they started having a ton of
problems with them so the local store started going for the A7M which has an
AMD north bridge/VIA south bridge.  The board is rock steady, but its
limited to a 2000xp Palomino core chip so its now pc2 with a GF3. A good
second setup for friends when they come over. My main box is a Leadtek K7N
with the Nforce2 chipset and it runs the ATI9700 pro great. I just need a
more powerful cpu.

MadDAWG

   My old A7A has updated bios' that allow it to run all the way up to 2600
Thoroughbred XP+ cpus.  I would guess the the A7m's can be updated as well.

dave henrie

Last time I checked support for the A7Ms was discontinued and the 2100
palomino core was the top dog. I bought what was suppose to have been a 2100
palomino core chip, but it turned out to be a t-bred. At that point I said
***it and went for a new motherboard.

MadDAWG