I hope you guys'll have some mercy on a newcomer to the group. I hear you
can be pretty hard...and very helpful...so here goes.
I'm getting hard lockups just a few minutes into my races with GP3 - it's
that simple. I have a brand new computer...an P3-866, V5 5500, Soundblaster
Live!, 256 MB memory and latest drivers. I haven't tinkered with any
setttings for the video card (or sound card for that matter). I also haven't
tried various video settings in GP3. I thought maybe my experience was a
known problem with a known solution, so I thought I'd try here first.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.
Steve
Do you have 4x FSAA turned on for your V5 because this can make GP3 crash?
"Steve Davis" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> I hope you guys'll have some mercy on a newcomer to the group. I hear you
> can be pretty hard...and very helpful...so here goes.
>
> I'm getting hard lockups just a few minutes into my races with GP3 - it's
> that simple. I have a brand new computer...an P3-866, V5 5500,Soundblaster
> Live!, 256 MB memory and latest drivers. I haven't tinkered with any
> setttings for the video card (or sound card for that matter). I alsohaven't
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> tried various video settings in GP3. I thought maybe my experience was a > known problem with a known solution, so I thought I'd try here first. > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks. > > SteveOn Fri, 08 Sep 2000 23:06:06 GMT, "Steve Davis" <[email hidden]>
thus spoke:
Have you installed DX7a? Latest vid and soundcard drivers?
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Nos
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>I hope you guys'll have some mercy on a newcomer to the group. I hear you >can be pretty hard...and very helpful...so here goes. > >I'm getting hard lockups just a few minutes into my races with GP3 - it's >that simple. I have a brand new computer...an P3-866, V5 5500, Soundblaster >Live!, 256 MB memory and latest drivers. I haven't tinkered with any >setttings for the video card (or sound card for that matter). I also haven't >tried various video settings in GP3. I thought maybe my experience was a >known problem with a known solution, so I thought I'd try here first. > >Any suggestions?Quoted text (7 lines)
> Any suggestions? > > Thanks. > > Steve > >With the V5 5500, GP3 needs you to run in Single Chip mode. It won't work
with both chips. You'll find the setting in your 3Dfx drivers somewhere, but
I dunno where cos I haven't got one.
David C
Steve Davis <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> I hope you guys'll have some mercy on a newcomer to the group. I hear you
> can be pretty hard...and very helpful...so here goes.
>
> I'm getting hard lockups just a few minutes into my races with GP3 - it's
> that simple. I have a brand new computer...an P3-866, V5 5500,Soundblaster
> Live!, 256 MB memory and latest drivers. I haven't tinkered with any
> setttings for the video card (or sound card for that matter). I alsohaven't
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> tried various video settings in GP3. I thought maybe my experience was a > known problem with a known solution, so I thought I'd try here first. > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks. > > Steve > >On Sat, 9 Sep 2000 15:39:13 +0100, "R4" <[email hidden]>
thus spoke:
>With the V5 5500, GP3 needs you to run in Single Chip mode. It won't work
>with both chips. You'll find the setting in your 3Dfx drivers somewhere, but
>I dunno where cos I haven't got one.
And it shows you don't have one. GP3 runs on both chips in 2X FSAA
mode just fine.
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Nos
"Nos" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 9 Sep 2000 15:39:13 +0100, "R4" <[email hidden]>
> thus spoke:
>
> >With the V5 5500, GP3 needs you to run in Single Chip mode. It won't work
> >with both chips. You'll find the setting in your 3Dfx drivers somewhere,but
> >I dunno where cos I haven't got one.
>
> And it shows you don't have one. GP3 runs on both chips in 2X FSAA
> mode just fine.
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> Nos
Yep. I started this thread, and since I backed off to 2X FSAA, I've had no
more problems. Thanks to all who responded.
Lije
