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S3 Savage 4

discussed in 36 posts, 1999-2003 · overall tone mixed

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Voodoo3 versus TNT2 argument 1999-04-08 · 102 posts
A new Voodoo3 2000 owner complained of driver and gamma problems with his sims, and others suggested a clean Windows reinstall. The crossposted thread became a long, quasi-religious argument between 3dfx and nVidia supporters over 32-bit color, AGP texturing, large textures and Glide support, with mockery on both sides and pleas to stop.
TOCA 2 crashes with blue screen on Windows XP 2002-07-06 · 25 posts
A user's TOCA 2 blue-screened under Windows XP during loading. Suggestions included compatibility mode, chipset 4-in-1 drivers, a Codemasters registry fix and disabling auto-restart to read the error. Others ran it fine on XP, and the problem seemed linked to S3 Savage graphics; no solution was found.
Diagnosing hard freezes with looping sound in games 2000-03-15 · 20 posts
A user asked why games such as GP500 and TOCA froze with looping sound. Suggested causes included overheating, power supplies, bad RAM, SB Live/AMD conflicts, BIOS settings, outdated drivers and a Windows 98 VXD file problem. No definitive answer emerged.
GPL patch size, versions and Glide 2.54 problems 1999-06-07 · 24 posts
Papyrus's Randy Cassidy said the US GPL 1.1 patch would be about 800K, released in six language versions, with only the US version not requiring the CD. He explained that GPL's problems with Glide 2.54 stem from a function 3dfx broke and acknowledged, which GPL uses for the cursor and mirrors, so the game could not fix it. Users reported the newer Quake 3-ready Voodoo2 drivers worked well with GPL.
Improving F1 2000 frame rates, including windowed mode 2000-04-27 · 29 posts
Users discussed F1 2000's poor frame rates. Peter Bergtrom reported that running in windowed mode via the config file greatly raised frame rates, though others saw crashes or lost controller input. Radical Entertainment's Joe McGinn argued it was simply poorly optimised, which led to a side debate over whether GP2 had also been badly programmed.