N4 -- Trouble In "Geforce" paradise

(for reference, celery400 slot 1, BH6, 64 meg pc100, scsi2 hd, and cdrom. Aureal vortex(1) snd, and cheapo lynksys 100tx net card.) Well, it has been a troubling last 5 days, 1st I flashed my BH6's bios and attempted to overclock that cpu up to 500 (498mhz). as luck would have it, I can only overclock up to 450... Well, now my new Hercules Prophet 2 MX (32 meg) card is here. so I uninstall the 2 PCI videocards (hercules thriller 4meg & Monster2 12meg), from windows, followed by removing them from the tower. I then insert the new card into the AGP slot, power it on and cant wait for the new card to ask for it's drivers disk. :) to my shegrin, upon installing the drivers from cd, then updating them from the HERCULES website, I launch the dreaded video settings icon in nascar4's startmenu, and set it to opengl, 800x600 x 16, that was last night, around midnight, and I waited 15 minutes and gave up and went to bed, fearing this was an omen.... got home next day for lunch, 3d settings are set, launch'd the game... Now the cars and stuff look much nicer even with the same settings I had setup with the voodoo2, but hey I am getting 34 fps, vs 18fps. But I have this annoying "white out- FLASHING going on all the time now.... WHAT THE HECK? So I went back to work, (not late fortunately) came home that evening formatted the drives, reinstalled winders'98 (non SE, 'cause I cant find my disk) install the drivers for everything I had before, redownloaded the new drivers for everything (except the linksys) and I still have this white flashes (whole screen) when driving, as if there is some kind of confict or something? the images on the screen white out, but dont really stutter or jerk. Im pretty positive I got the cards in slots so they arent sharing IRQ's (except the lynksys net card) is sharing with the pci STEERING thing. I install N4 again, click on the icon, set the graphics to OPENGL, 1024x768x16. Then I waited... waited... and waited.... in fact I had to go back to work, and I have to hope it finishes up before I get home today? IS THIS NORMAL???? What am I not doing right? did I miss a step somewhere about installing GeForce cards, and running Nascar4? Luckily I dont lose anything on this gaming computer when I format and stuff, I dont even check my mail on it right now. the next step is another 64 meg ram, maybe more. then if I can afford it, in a month or 2 a p3 800.

I think you need to disable the V-Sync or Vertical Sync option in the d3d settings. Can anyone tell him how? "Stingre" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > (for reference, celery400 slot 1, BH6, 64 meg pc100, scsi2 hd, and cdrom. > Aureal vortex(1) snd, and cheapo lynksys 100tx net card.) > > Well, it has been a troubling last 5 days, 1st I flashed my BH6's bios and > attempted to overclock that cpu up to 500 (498mhz). as luck would haveit,

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> I can only overclock up to 450... > > Well, now my new Hercules Prophet 2 MX (32 meg) card is here. so I > uninstall the 2 PCI videocards (hercules thriller 4meg & Monster2 12meg), > from windows, followed by removing them from the tower. I then insert the > new card into the AGP slot, power it on and cant wait for the new card to > ask for it's drivers disk. :) > > to my shegrin, upon installing the drivers from cd, then updating them

from > the HERCULES website, I launch the dreaded video settings icon innascar4's > startmenu, and set it to opengl, 800x600 x 16, that was last night,around > midnight, and I waited 15 minutes and gave up and went to bed, fearingthis > was an omen.... > got home next day for lunch, 3d settings are set, launch'd the game...Now

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> the cars and stuff look much nicer even with the same settings I had setup > with the voodoo2, but hey I am getting 34 fps, vs 18fps. But I have this > annoying "white out- FLASHING going on all the time now.... > > WHAT THE HECK? > > So I went back to work, (not late fortunately) came home that evening > formatted the drives, reinstalled winders'98 (non SE, 'cause I cant find

my > disk) install the drivers for everything I had before, redownloaded thenew > drivers for everything (except the linksys) and I still have this white > flashes (whole screen) when driving, as if there is some kind of confictor

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> something? the images on the screen white out, but dont really stutter or > jerk. > Im pretty positive I got the cards in slots so they arent sharing IRQ's > (except the lynksys net card) is sharing with the pci STEERING thing. I > install N4 again, click on the icon, set the graphics to OPENGL, > 1024x768x16. > Then I waited... > waited... > and waited.... in fact I had to go back to work, and I have to hope it > finishes up before I get home today? IS THIS NORMAL???? > > What am I not doing right? did I miss a step somewhere about installing > GeForce cards, and running Nascar4? Luckily I dont lose anything on this > gaming computer when I format and stuff, I dont even check my mail on it > right now. the next step is another 64 meg ram, maybe more. then if I

can > afford it, in a month or 2 a p3 800. > > > >

If you are overclocking your CPU to 450 (from what I dont know) you are also overclocking the AGP bus speed from the standard 66mhz to whatever. I have noticed with my newly aquired GeForce2, that it will have the white flashing if the AGP bus is clocked beyond 70mhz. So, un-overclock your system and see if it still does it. Tim McArthur Proud Member of Mach 1 Motorsports Virtual Racing Team Sponsored by: Fast Time Signs | SimHQ.com | TheUSpits.com RaceBase | OTR Promotions "Stingre" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... : (for reference, celery400 slot 1, BH6, 64 meg pc100, scsi2 hd, and cdrom. : Aureal vortex(1) snd, and cheapo lynksys 100tx net card.) : : Well, it has been a troubling last 5 days, 1st I flashed my BH6's bios and : attempted to overclock that cpu up to 500 (498mhz). as luck would have it, : I can only overclock up to 450... : : Well, now my new Hercules Prophet 2 MX (32 meg) card is here. so I : uninstall the 2 PCI videocards (hercules thriller 4meg & Monster2 12meg), : from windows, followed by removing them from the tower. I then insert the : new card into the AGP slot, power it on and cant wait for the new card to : ask for it's drivers disk. :) : : to my shegrin, upon installing the drivers from cd, then updating them from : the HERCULES website, I launch the dreaded video settings icon in nascar4's : startmenu, and set it to opengl, 800x600 x 16, that was last night, around : midnight, and I waited 15 minutes and gave up and went to bed, fearing this : was an omen.... : got home next day for lunch, 3d settings are set, launch'd the game... Now : the cars and stuff look much nicer even with the same settings I had setup : with the voodoo2, but hey I am getting 34 fps, vs 18fps. But I have this : annoying "white out- FLASHING going on all the time now.... : : WHAT THE HECK? : : So I went back to work, (not late fortunately) came home that evening : formatted the drives, reinstalled winders'98 (non SE, 'cause I cant find my : disk) install the drivers for everything I had before, redownloaded the new : drivers for everything (except the linksys) and I still have this white : flashes (whole screen) when driving, as if there is some kind of confict or : something? the images on the screen white out, but dont really stutter or : jerk. : Im pretty positive I got the cards in slots so they arent sharing IRQ's : (except the lynksys net card) is sharing with the pci STEERING thing. I : install N4 again, click on the icon, set the graphics to OPENGL, : 1024x768x16. : Then I waited... : waited... : and waited.... in fact I had to go back to work, and I have to hope it : finishes up before I get home today? IS THIS NORMAL???? : : What am I not doing right? did I miss a step somewhere about installing : GeForce cards, and running Nascar4? Luckily I dont lose anything on this : gaming computer when I format and stuff, I dont even check my mail on it : right now. the next step is another 64 meg ram, maybe more. then if I can : afford it, in a month or 2 a p3 800. : : : :

The Gods of Usenet tell me that on Fri, 2 Mar 2001 16:28:49 -0600, "Stingre" <[email hidden]> spoke the following: >got home next day for lunch, 3d settings are set, launch'd the game... Now >the cars and stuff look much nicer even with the same settings I had setup >with the voodoo2, but hey I am getting 34 fps, vs 18fps. But I have this >annoying "white out- FLASHING going on all the time now.... I get the white flashes too, but not all the time, or maybe I just don't notice them when I'm really into the game. I did shut of the v-sync for openGL, and that may have stoped it, I honestly can't remember if I noticed any of the flashes when I played tonight. I'm running the Hercules MX II with latest drivers as well. plague79

these flashes are persistant, like it is trying to show a screen that is in the background? the screen is ok on laod up, and shows intro just great, it is in the shots at the track even if you puase the time to goto the garage, and while driving only. the garage screens dont flash. sorry about the typo's using wife keyboard/computer, and it is awkward as hell. I am not overclocking at the moment, using 400x66mhz stock setting... on bios on boot scsi, video, sound, all have their own irq... Im not using Direct x as vidoe setting, using opengl.... trying to think of anything I forgot to mention, oh yeah I have a Thrustmaster ACM card, wich requires me to disable the Vortex gameport and midi... I have had to do this for 3 years now and Im used to getting it set up, and I have to say it is set up correctly, and I had no trouble with it before.... so I will try the direct x and see what it does, but if I have to use Direct x then Im pretty pissed paying out the nose ALA--$140 for an OPEN GL card that doesnt operate correctly, and figure I need to send it back? I guess I need to borrow someone's 4x4 evolution and see if the card works ok in it? PS I hate that game... "plague79" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > The Gods of Usenet tell me that on Fri, 2 Mar 2001 16:28:49 -0600, > "Stingre" <[email hidden]> spoke the following: > > > >got home next day for lunch, 3d settings are set, launch'd the game...Now > >the cars and stuff look much nicer even with the same settings I hadsetup

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> >with the voodoo2, but hey I am getting 34 fps, vs 18fps. But I have this > >annoying "white out- FLASHING going on all the time now.... > > I get the white flashes too, but not all the time, or maybe I just > don't notice them when I'm really into the game. I did shut of the > v-sync for openGL, and that may have stoped it, I honestly can't > remember if I noticed any of the flashes when I played tonight. > I'm running the Hercules MX II with latest drivers as well. > > plague79 >

Disable triplebuffering and see if that eliminates it. "sting32" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > these flashes are persistant, like it is trying to show a screen that isin > the background? the screen is ok on laod up, and shows intro just great,it > is in the shots at the track even if you puase the time to goto thegarage,

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> and while driving only. the garage screens dont flash. > > sorry about the typo's using wife keyboard/computer, and it is awkward as > hell. > > I am not overclocking at the moment, using 400x66mhz stock setting... > on bios on boot scsi, video, sound, all have their own irq... > > Im not using Direct x as vidoe setting, using opengl.... > > trying to think of anything I forgot to mention, oh yeah I have a > Thrustmaster ACM card, wich requires me to disable the Vortex gameport and > midi... I have had to do this for 3 years now and Im used to getting it

set > up, and I have to say it is set up correctly, and I had no trouble with it > before.... > > so I will try the direct x and see what it does, but if I have to useDirect

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> x then Im pretty pissed paying out the nose ALA--$140 for an OPEN GL card > that doesnt operate correctly, and figure I need to send it back? > > I guess I need to borrow someone's 4x4 evolution and see if the card works > ok in it? PS I hate that game... > > > > "plague79" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > The Gods of Usenet tell me that on Fri, 2 Mar 2001 16:28:49 -0600, > > "Stingre" <[email hidden]> spoke the following: > > > > > > >got home next day for lunch, 3d settings are set, launch'd the game... > Now > > >the cars and stuff look much nicer even with the same settings I had > setup > > >with the voodoo2, but hey I am getting 34 fps, vs 18fps. But I have

this

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> > >annoying "white out- FLASHING going on all the time now.... > > > > I get the white flashes too, but not all the time, or maybe I just > > don't notice them when I'm really into the game. I did shut of the > > v-sync for openGL, and that may have stoped it, I honestly can't > > remember if I noticed any of the flashes when I played tonight. > > I'm running the Hercules MX II with latest drivers as well. > > > > plague79 > > > >

Shut off V-Sync............. "Bru (aka Mark)" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Disable triplebuffering and see if that eliminates it. > > > "sting32" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > these flashes are persistant, like it is trying to show a screen that is > in > > the background? the screen is ok on laod up, and shows intro just

great, > it > > is in the shots at the track even if you puase the time to goto the > garage, > > and while driving only. the garage screens dont flash. > > > > sorry about the typo's using wife keyboard/computer, and it is awkwardas

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> > hell. > > > > I am not overclocking at the moment, using 400x66mhz stock setting... > > on bios on boot scsi, video, sound, all have their own irq... > > > > Im not using Direct x as vidoe setting, using opengl.... > > > > trying to think of anything I forgot to mention, oh yeah I have a > > Thrustmaster ACM card, wich requires me to disable the Vortex gameport

and > > midi... I have had to do this for 3 years now and Im used to getting it > set > > up, and I have to say it is set up correctly, and I had no trouble withit > > before.... > > > > so I will try the direct x and see what it does, but if I have to use > Direct > > x then Im pretty pissed paying out the nose ALA--$140 for an OPEN GLcard > > that doesnt operate correctly, and figure I need to send it back? > > > > I guess I need to borrow someone's 4x4 evolution and see if the cardworks

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> > ok in it? PS I hate that game... > > > > > > > > "plague79" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > The Gods of Usenet tell me that on Fri, 2 Mar 2001 16:28:49 -0600, > > > "Stingre" <[email hidden]> spoke the following: > > > > > > > > > >got home next day for lunch, 3d settings are set, launch'd the

game...

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> > Now > > > >the cars and stuff look much nicer even with the same settings I had > > setup > > > >with the voodoo2, but hey I am getting 34 fps, vs 18fps. But I have > this > > > >annoying "white out- FLASHING going on all the time now.... > > > > > > I get the white flashes too, but not all the time, or maybe I just > > > don't notice them when I'm really into the game. I did shut of the > > > v-sync for openGL, and that may have stoped it, I honestly can't > > > remember if I noticed any of the flashes when I played tonight. > > > I'm running the Hercules MX II with latest drivers as well. > > > > > > plague79 > > > > > > > > >