SCGT and ATi Radeon problem

Is anyone using this combo? With a Rage Fury I used to get the flashing dash thingy at the start of a race but it was OK after a few quick F4s. Now with a Radeon 32 DDR I'll get dash flashing about every two laps. It is, of course, distracting and a PITA. F4 will fix it but only for a few laps. Also I notice that the game menus will sometimes start to flicker. DX8, Win2000, SCGT 1.551 with Adv Options Editor applied. I'm using the latest ATi "special" drivers. Before I start uninstalling drivers I thought I'd check if this is a common thing. Dale.

Ive got a Radeon 64m DDR. The only time i see flashing is when exiting the pits at some tracks and it only flashes once. Yes i have some minor menu discrepencies (mostly cursor) but nothing that doesnt allow me to get around the menu's. I have yet to see the full potential of this card, ordered a PIII-1ghz, hopefully that'll get me by till the 1+ghz's are a bit cheaper. I crave trying out the GeForce2 64m.... or a V5, whichever gives the smoothest most realistic image... Charlie B "Sideshow Bob" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Is anyone using this combo? > > With a Rage Fury I used to get the flashing dash thingy at the start of a > race but it was OK after a few quick F4s. > > Now with a Radeon 32 DDR I'll get dash flashing about every two laps. It > is, of course, distracting and a PITA. F4 will fix it but only for a few > laps. > > Also I notice that the game menus will sometimes start to flicker. > > > DX8, Win2000, SCGT 1.551 with Adv Options Editor applied. I'm using the > latest ATi "special" drivers. Before I start uninstalling drivers I

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Bob, have you tried some of the basic things, like turning off triple buffering, etc. Charlie, aside from the FSAA on the V5, the Radeon has about the nicest image quality you'll ever see. Although I like the imaging with my V5, I tried the 32mb Radeon for about a week and was amazed at both the 3D and 2D quality. With some updated drivers, ATI could have a real winner. -- Slot Tweaks & Reviews www.slottweak.com "Sideshow Bob" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Is anyone using this combo? > > With a Rage Fury I used to get the flashing dash thingy at the start of a > race but it was OK after a few quick F4s. > > Now with a Radeon 32 DDR I'll get dash flashing about every two laps. It > is, of course, distracting and a PITA. F4 will fix it but only for a few > laps. > > Also I notice that the game menus will sometimes start to flicker. > > > DX8, Win2000, SCGT 1.551 with Adv Options Editor applied. I'm using the > latest ATi "special" drivers. Before I start uninstalling drivers I thought > I'd check if this is a common thing. > > Dale. > >

"GTX_SlotCar" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:I1Ic6.184$[email hidden]... > Bob, have you tried some of the basic things, like turning off triple > buffering, etc. > I've tried a few variations in Display Properties. Maybe more experimentation is in order... Dale.

http://www.rage3d.com/ go here for Radeon tweaking guides, also there's a link to a Radeon tweaker, it has the settings that are in display prop and more, and tells you what they change and recommends either on or off. very handy for quickly tweaking your Radeon. -- Jeff Eiland Georgia Boot #51 "Knights of the Round Track" http://www.paladinracing.com "Pabst Racing Test Driver" "Sideshow Bob" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > "GTX_SlotCar" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:I1Ic6.184$[email hidden]... > > Bob, have you tried some of the basic things, like turning off triple > > buffering, etc. > > > > > I've tried a few variations in Display Properties. Maybe more > experimentation is in order... > > Dale. > >

"Jeff Eiland" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:ZXVc6.11490$[email hidden]... > http://www.rage3d.com/ > go here for Radeon tweaking guides, also there's a link to a Radeontweaker, > it has the settings that are in display prop and more, and tells you what > they change and recommends either on or off. very handy for quicklytweaking > your Radeon. > Thanks for the advice, I'll try it. I'm not sure if I've fixed it now... time will tell. As a last resort I changed the AGP Aperture in BIOS to a lower value and so far so good. I don't know why that works but I've read of some odd problems that are fixed by altering the AGP value. Dale.

Ive got the Radeon 64DDR + 1.1mhz Athelon and when I tried the new ATI "special" (beta)drivers I got wierd results in GPL and GP3 (pink sky, wild colors). I went back to the last non-beta drivers and everything is fine. In article <[email hidden]>, "Sideshow Bob" <[email hidden]> wrote: > Is anyone using this combo? > > With a Rage Fury I used to get the flashing dash thingy at the startof a > race but it was OK after a few quick F4s. > > Now with a Radeon 32 DDR I'll get dash flashing about every twolaps. It > is, of course, distracting and a PITA. F4 will fix it but only for afew > laps. > > Also I notice that the game menus will sometimes start to flicker. > > DX8, Win2000, SCGT 1.551 with Adv Options Editor applied. I'm usingthe > latest ATi "special" drivers. Before I start uninstalling drivers Ithought > I'd check if this is a common thing. > > Dale. > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/

<[email hidden]> wrote in message news:953rau$mke$[email hidden]... > Ive got the Radeon 64DDR + 1.1mhz Athelon and when I tried the new > ATI "special" (beta)drivers I got wierd results in GPL and GP3 (pink > sky, wild colors). I went back to the last non-beta drivers and > everything is fine. Hm. Thanks for the data. Dale.