Which 3dFX Drivers.

Thanks for the OS advice. My PC is being reloaded from scratch. Which driver do I want for my 5500? The 3dfx.com site has 1.04.00, and 1.04.01 which is called a beta. 1.04.00 is dated Nov. 9, 2000, 1.04.01 is Nov. 28, 2000. Which one do I want? Stability is important. After 6 Months, is 1.04.01 proven? Or is there a better driver available on some other site? Thanks Larry

I mail ordered my Voodoo 5500 the day before they released the 1.04.01 drivers (Nov 29, 2000). They have never given me trouble with any game or application. They are universal drivers and work with the Voodoo 3000,4500 & 5500. Other than implementing HSR in games like Elite Force and Quake III, I think the 1.04.01 are pretty much the same as the 1.04.00 drivers. I have never used anything other than the 1.04.01 and I am really happy. NEVER a problem. Kinda weird. This is the first time I've bought a video card and have never updated my drivers. To be truthful I don't see why i should as the 1.04.01 work perfectly with everything I throw at it. All games work flawlessly. I play the following: GPL (2x FSAA useable at 800x600 but I play with no FSAA and 1024x768) Nascar 3 (4x FSAA works without a slowdown :) ) Nascar 4 Quake III Half Life Serious Sam Nascar Heat Rogue Spear etc...etc........... I own: Asus P2B (ancient 440BX mobo-first one Asus made with BX chipset) SB Live! Value Voodoo 5500 AGP 192 MB RAM Promise Ultra 66 controller "Larry Lindstrom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Thanks for the OS advice. > > My PC is being reloaded from scratch. > > Which driver do I want for my 5500? > > The 3dfx.com site has 1.04.00, and 1.04.01 which is called a > beta. 1.04.00 is dated Nov. 9, 2000, 1.04.01 is Nov. 28, 2000. > > Which one do I want? Stability is important. After 6 Months, > is 1.04.01 proven? Or is there a better driver available on > some other site? > > Thanks > Larry

Oh yeah..........and I have a celeron 566 overclocked to 850mhz. "Larry Lindstrom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Thanks for the OS advice. > > My PC is being reloaded from scratch. > > Which driver do I want for my 5500? > > The 3dfx.com site has 1.04.00, and 1.04.01 which is called a > beta. 1.04.00 is dated Nov. 9, 2000, 1.04.01 is Nov. 28, 2000. > > Which one do I want? Stability is important. After 6 Months, > is 1.04.01 proven? Or is there a better driver available on > some other site? > > Thanks > Larry

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>Other than implementing HSR in games like Elite Force and Quake III, I think >the 1.04.01 are pretty much the same as the 1.04.00 drivers. I have never >used anything other than the 1.04.01 and I am really happy. NEVER a problem. > >Kinda weird. This is the first time I've bought a video card and have never >updated my drivers. To be truthful I don't see why i should as the 1.04.01 >work perfectly with everything I throw at it. All games work flawlessly. >

Yup same for me. Every game I have runs under them. Only TAW insists on crashing everytime I shut it down for some unknown (to me) reason. James

Larry Lindstrom wrote: < Snip > Thanks for the input. I'm sad that 3dfx is gone. I suppose as more games start using new features of DX8 some shortcomings of these drivers might be exposed. There will be no one updating these drivers. When that happens, it will be time to get a new card. Thanks Larry

Hi Bill Your system is very similar to mine, Celery 600@945 Voodoo5 5500 Abit BF6 SB live player 128 MB ram What settings are you using for Nascar 4 with what results, I'm running in Direct 3D at 640X480 16bit 4X FSAA (looks better than 1024X768 without FSAA IMO), car detail medium, world 1/3, draw ahead 45, mirror 10, opponents ahead 12, behind 5, mirror obj. medium, trackside some, smoke on (the smoke in N4 is too cool to turn off), EAX and 3D sound on, I get high 20's to mid 40's in a race, just wondering your results. Also in GPL I use George Smiley's glide patch to turn down the mirror refresh and can run at 800X600 4X FSAA, it looks awesome and runs at 36 99% of the time with a full field Mark "Bill Anderson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:xBcR6.504$[email hidden]... > Oh yeah..........and I have a celeron 566 overclocked to 850mhz. >

There are DX8 compatible drivers for the 3dfx board, however, you are correct in that 3dfx boards will not be able to use some of the features of DX8. If a programmer chose to make those new features an integral part of his game, then 3dfx owners would be screwed. voodoo.source.com (bad memory I'm sorry can't remember the url) should have Feburary dated drivers that are DX8 compatible. dave henrie "Larry Lindstrom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Larry Lindstrom wrote: > > < Snip > > > Thanks for the input. > > I'm sad that 3dfx is gone. > > I suppose as more games start using new features of DX8 > some shortcomings of these drivers might be exposed. There > will be no one updating these drivers. > > When that happens, it will be time to get a new card. > > Thanks > Larry

Oops...Just replied to this, but wasn't watching and sent it to e-mail instead of newsgroup. Reposting just in case anyone else has this problem. I had the same issue, but found that if you reload the game and select Direct 3D instead of Glide, it works like a champ. The patch was different for both Glide and Direct 3D versions, and last I checked both patches were still available at www.combatsim.com. I have both patches however, so if anyone needs them and can't find them I will e-mail them to you. Good luck. Mike James Hallows <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > >Other than implementing HSR in games like Elite Force and Quake III, Ithink > >the 1.04.01 are pretty much the same as the 1.04.00 drivers. I have never > >used anything other than the 1.04.01 and I am really happy. NEVER aproblem. > > > >Kinda weird. This is the first time I've bought a video card and havenever > >updated my drivers. To be truthful I don't see why i should as the1.04.01 > >work perfectly with everything I throw at it. All games work flawlessly. > > > > Yup same for me. Every game I have runs under them. Only TAW insists oncrashing everytime I shut it > down for some unknown (to me) reason. > > James

http://www.voodoosource.net/3dfx/drivers.shtml They have ongoing driver development for voodoo. -- Philip D'Amato [email hidden] 00 ZX-6R 00 S4 "Larry Lindstrom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Thanks for the OS advice. > > My PC is being reloaded from scratch. > > Which driver do I want for my 5500? > > The 3dfx.com site has 1.04.00, and 1.04.01 which is called a > beta. 1.04.00 is dated Nov. 9, 2000, 1.04.01 is Nov. 28, 2000. > > Which one do I want? Stability is important. After 6 Months, > is 1.04.01 proven? Or is there a better driver available on > some other site? > > Thanks > Larry

"Philip D'Amato" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:7HAS6.3581$[email hidden]... > http://www.voodoosource.net/3dfx/drivers.shtml > They have ongoing driver development for voodoo. www.ntcompatible.com has some newer or possibly hacked Win2000 drivers for V1,2,3,4 and even the Banshee. Check them out if you run Win2K. Doesn't hurt to download an alternate driver for the future. I still own a V1, V3 and two Banshees and they are still holding their own. Well OK, so the V1 is just too damn slow but Im keeping it around for J's F-15 and LB2 just in case LOL.

Gonzo wrote: > I still own a V1, V3 and two Banshees and they are still holding their > own. Well OK, so the V1 is just too damn slow but Im keeping it around for > J's F-15 and LB2 just in case LOL. F-15 and LB2 run just fine on a V3 or even a V5 in Glide... No sense keeping old V1's for that :-) -- Jan-Albert "Anvil" van Ree | http://www.vanree.net

Ok, ok...please don't laugh...one day or another I'll upgrade this thing... ...and what about the latest/best Voodoo2 (yes, two!) drivers ? On Tue, 29 May 2001 21:49:10 -0700, Larry Lindstrom <[email hidden]> wrote: > Thanks for the OS advice. > > My PC is being reloaded from scratch. > > Which driver do I want for my 5500?

"Ripley" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Ok, ok...please don't laugh...one day or another I'll upgrade this > thing... > ...and what about the latest/best Voodoo2 (yes, two!) drivers ? Hey, Ill trade you your Voodoo 2 for a 16meg Banshee even steven. See my web page at: http://home.hot.rr.com/gonzostation/ for info. You would have to take a leap of faith and mail me the puppy fist though. I do have two DiamondMM Monster Fussion PCI cards here and Ill trade one for any type of Voodoo2 card regardless of onboard memory amount. It's up to you.

"Ripley" > wrote ... > Ok, ok...please don't laugh...one day or another I'll upgrade this > thing... > ...and what about the latest/best Voodoo2 (yes, two!) drivers ? > >http://www.voodoofiles.com/1843 I'm using a single diamond voodoo2 on an amd 650; directx8 Works better than my GF2 on 500 celeron for GPL. Tony