Re: V5 5500 AGP - Here We Go

FSAA will work with any machine :-) Jason. SKurj wrote: > P3 450 not enough to take advantage of the V5 > probably need 600 mhz+ to really take advantage of the v5 > > R A Wright wrote: > -- Jason Monds http://www.proracingclub.com - Pro Racing Club! (N3, GPL) http://members.home.net/stuff.mondsj/csp - Car Sim Project (Please remove 'no extra spork' when replying)

I'm glad someone else opens boxes at traffic lights and half tries to read the manual before he gets home because that's exactly what I did when I got my V5500. By the way it works great I'm a bit dubious about the trees in gpl in d3d mode they seem to have a ghost effect around the whole tree miner point I know. system spec Plll 450 128 ram V5500 not a great difference in fps I was using Voodoo 2 x2 in sli mode Regards Bob Uncle Fester <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Peter Hooper wrote: > > > It is now sitting on my shelf waiting to be installed :O) I think I will > > wait until tomorrow when it is just me and my younger daughter herebefore I

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> > give it a go... > > > > I'll let you all know how it fares if there is enough people interested. > > > You have far more self discipline than I do. It'd been opened, the > quick-start manual would have been half-read by the second traffic > light, & it'd be up & running in my machine within an hour of getting > home. Keep us posted, along with system specs. Good Luck! > > -- > Chuck Kandler > > A man is no less a Slave just because he is > allowed to choose a new Master every four years.

Peter Hooper <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:jMGb5.3282$[email hidden]... > Well, with my eldest daughter off to France for a school trip for a week > early in the morning and my wife out all weekend stewarding at the Tina > Turner concert at Wembley I decided it was a good time to try out the V5 > 5500 card that I have been thinking of getting lately. So off I went on an > extended lunch break this afternoon to the Electronic Boutique inDebenhams > in Bond Street and picked one up. I now have 14 days to try it out. Any > improvement it gives will have to be quite significant otherwise I won'tbe > able to justify keeping with the high price we have to pay over here in > England for our PC stuff (this card cost me �249.99). > > It is now sitting on my shelf waiting to be installed :O) I think I will > wait until tomorrow when it is just me and my younger daughter here beforeI

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> give it a go... > > I'll let you all know how it fares if there is enough people interested. > > Regards > > Peter Hooper

Yes, please let us know how it goes, and your system specs as well. Good Luck! -- don New Programmes for the Converted GPL Tracks http://www.ianparker1.freeserve.co.uk/gpl/index.html

Well, with my eldest daughter off to France for a school trip for a week early in the morning and my wife out all weekend stewarding at the Tina Turner concert at Wembley I decided it was a good time to try out the V5 5500 card that I have been thinking of getting lately. So off I went on an extended lunch break this afternoon to the Electronic Boutique in Debenhams in Bond Street and picked one up. I now have 14 days to try it out. Any improvement it gives will have to be quite significant otherwise I won't be able to justify keeping with the high price we have to pay over here in England for our PC stuff (this card cost me �249.99). It is now sitting on my shelf waiting to be installed :O) I think I will wait until tomorrow when it is just me and my younger daughter here before I give it a go... I'll let you all know how it fares if there is enough people interested. Regards Peter Hooper

You have alot more patience then me....I would have that thing opened half way home, call to the house to tell everyone to get off the computer, and make sure that all the cables are unplugged by the time I get home....lol Dave "don hodgdon" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8kne8k$dkm$[email hidden]... > > Peter Hooper <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:jMGb5.3282$[email hidden]... > > Well, with my eldest daughter off to France for a school trip for aweek > > early in the morning and my wife out all weekend stewarding at the Tina > > Turner concert at Wembley I decided it was a good time to try out the V5 > > 5500 card that I have been thinking of getting lately. So off I went onan

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> > extended lunch break this afternoon to the Electronic Boutique in > Debenhams > > in Bond Street and picked one up. I now have 14 days to try it out. Any > > improvement it gives will have to be quite significant otherwise I won't > be > > able to justify keeping with the high price we have to pay over here in > > England for our PC stuff (this card cost me �249.99). > > > > It is now sitting on my shelf waiting to be installed :O) I think I will > > wait until tomorrow when it is just me and my younger daughter here

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> I > > give it a go... > > > > I'll let you all know how it fares if there is enough people interested. > > > > Regards > > > > Peter Hooper > > Yes, please let us know how it goes, and your system specs as well. Good > Luck! > > -- > don > > New Programmes for the Converted GPL Tracks > http://www.ianparker1.freeserve.co.uk/gpl/index.html > >

Peter Hooper wrote: > It is now sitting on my shelf waiting to be installed :O) I think I will > wait until tomorrow when it is just me and my younger daughter here before I > give it a go... > > I'll let you all know how it fares if there is enough people interested. You have far more self discipline than I do. It'd been opened, the quick-start manual would have been half-read by the second traffic light, & it'd be up & running in my machine within an hour of getting home. Keep us posted, along with system specs. Good Luck! -- Chuck Kandler A man is no less a Slave just because he is allowed to choose a new Master every four years.

P3 450 not enough to take advantage of the V5 probably need 600 mhz+ to really take advantage of the v5 R A Wright wrote:

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> I'm glad someone else opens boxes at traffic lights and half tries to read > the manual before he gets home because that's exactly what I did when I got > my V5500. > By the way it works great I'm a bit dubious about the trees in gpl in d3d > mode they seem to have a ghost effect around the whole tree miner point I > know. > > system spec Plll 450 128 ram V5500 not a great difference in fps I was using > Voodoo 2 x2 in sli mode > > Regards > > Bob > Uncle Fester <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Peter Hooper wrote: > > > > > It is now sitting on my shelf waiting to be installed :O) I think I will > > > wait until tomorrow when it is just me and my younger daughter here > before I > > > give it a go... > > > > > > I'll let you all know how it fares if there is enough people interested. > > > > > > You have far more self discipline than I do. It'd been opened, the > > quick-start manual would have been half-read by the second traffic > > light, & it'd be up & running in my machine within an hour of getting > > home. Keep us posted, along with system specs. Good Luck! > > > > -- > > Chuck Kandler > > > > A man is no less a Slave just because he is > > allowed to choose a new Master every four years.

I thought I was the only one who read game / hardware literature on the way home.... :-) -- Ken's Sig 3.1 "Who is the more foolish? The fool, or the fool who follows him?" - Obi-Wan Kenobi volksy(at)yahoo(dot)com Go #43 and #44! R.I.P Adam "Uncle Fester" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Peter Hooper wrote: > > > It is now sitting on my shelf waiting to be installed :O) I think I will > > wait until tomorrow when it is just me and my younger daughter here before I > > give it a go... > > > > I'll let you all know how it fares if there is enough people interested. > > > You have far more self discipline than I do. It'd been opened, the > quick-start manual would have been half-read by the second traffic > light, & it'd be up & running in my machine within an hour of getting > home. Keep us posted, along with system specs. Good Luck! > > -- > Chuck Kandler > > A man is no less a Slave just because he is > allowed to choose a new Master every four years.

I changed the adapter back to standard vga then rebooted then switched off again and installed the v5500 and then its follow the prompts as per book. Regards Bob Peter Hooper <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:sHUb5.763$[email hidden]... > OK I am almost ready to install this card now but thought I would checkhere > for some final advice first. What is the best way to install it. Icurrently > have a 32mb TNT2 in the AGP slot so I assume that I first set the videomode > to standard VGA then switch off the pc. Remove the TNT2, replae it withthe

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> new V5 and then go through the installation procedure in Win 98 SE. > > If this is incorrect can you let me know please. > > Many thanks > > Peter Hooper > > R A Wright <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:uSM#r1c7$GA.240@cpmsnbbsa09... > > I'm glad someone else opens boxes at traffic lights and half tries to

read > > the manual before he gets home because that's exactly what I did when I > got > > my V5500. > > By the way it works great I'm a bit dubious about the trees in gpl ind3d > > mode they seem to have a ghost effect around the whole tree miner pointI

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> > know. > > > > system spec Plll 450 128 ram V5500 not a great difference in fps I was > using > > Voodoo 2 x2 in sli mode > > > > Regards > > > > Bob > > Uncle Fester <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > Peter Hooper wrote: > > > > > > > It is now sitting on my shelf waiting to be installed :O) I think I > will > > > > wait until tomorrow when it is just me and my younger daughter here > > before I > > > > give it a go... > > > > > > > > I'll let you all know how it fares if there is enough people > interested. > > > > > > > > > You have far more self discipline than I do. It'd been opened, the > > > quick-start manual would have been half-read by the second traffic > > > light, & it'd be up & running in my machine within an hour of getting > > > home. Keep us posted, along with system specs. Good Luck! > > > > > > -- > > > Chuck Kandler > > > > > > A man is no less a Slave just because he is > > > allowed to choose a new Master every four years. > > > > > > > > > >

OK I am almost ready to install this card now but thought I would check here for some final advice first. What is the best way to install it. I currently have a 32mb TNT2 in the AGP slot so I assume that I first set the video mode to standard VGA then switch off the pc. Remove the TNT2, replae it with the new V5 and then go through the installation procedure in Win 98 SE. If this is incorrect can you let me know please. Many thanks Peter Hooper R A Wright <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:uSM#r1c7$GA.240@cpmsnbbsa09... > I'm glad someone else opens boxes at traffic lights and half tries to read > the manual before he gets home because that's exactly what I did when Igot > my V5500. > By the way it works great I'm a bit dubious about the trees in gpl in d3d > mode they seem to have a ghost effect around the whole tree miner point I > know. > > system spec Plll 450 128 ram V5500 not a great difference in fps I wasusing

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> Voodoo 2 x2 in sli mode > > Regards > > Bob > Uncle Fester <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Peter Hooper wrote: > > > > > It is now sitting on my shelf waiting to be installed :O) I think I

will > > > wait until tomorrow when it is just me and my younger daughter here > before I > > > give it a go... > > > > > > I'll let you all know how it fares if there is enough peopleinterested.

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> > > > > > You have far more self discipline than I do. It'd been opened, the > > quick-start manual would have been half-read by the second traffic > > light, & it'd be up & running in my machine within an hour of getting > > home. Keep us posted, along with system specs. Good Luck! > > > > -- > > Chuck Kandler > > > > A man is no less a Slave just because he is > > allowed to choose a new Master every four years. > > >

Didn't it come with an install guide????? Those usually tell you step by step how to go about it. Vintook "Peter Hooper" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:sHUb5.763$[email hidden]... > OK I am almost ready to install this card now but thought I would checkhere > for some final advice first. What is the best way to install it. Icurrently > have a 32mb TNT2 in the AGP slot so I assume that I first set the videomode > to standard VGA then switch off the pc. Remove the TNT2, replae it withthe

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> new V5 and then go through the installation procedure in Win 98 SE. > > If this is incorrect can you let me know please. > > Many thanks > > Peter Hooper > > R A Wright <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:uSM#r1c7$GA.240@cpmsnbbsa09... > > I'm glad someone else opens boxes at traffic lights and half tries to

read > > the manual before he gets home because that's exactly what I did when I > got > > my V5500. > > By the way it works great I'm a bit dubious about the trees in gpl ind3d > > mode they seem to have a ghost effect around the whole tree miner pointI

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> > know. > > > > system spec Plll 450 128 ram V5500 not a great difference in fps I was > using > > Voodoo 2 x2 in sli mode > > > > Regards > > > > Bob > > Uncle Fester <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > Peter Hooper wrote: > > > > > > > It is now sitting on my shelf waiting to be installed :O) I think I > will > > > > wait until tomorrow when it is just me and my younger daughter here > > before I > > > > give it a go... > > > > > > > > I'll let you all know how it fares if there is enough people > interested. > > > > > > > > > You have far more self discipline than I do. It'd been opened, the > > > quick-start manual would have been half-read by the second traffic > > > light, & it'd be up & running in my machine within an hour of getting > > > home. Keep us posted, along with system specs. Good Luck! > > > > > > -- > > > Chuck Kandler > > > > > > A man is no less a Slave just because he is > > > allowed to choose a new Master every four years. > > > > > > > > > >

That should do the trick. You may though want to go through and manually delete any D3D .dlls in your System directory, and maybe even go through the registry manually and delete any references to your TNT2. I had some rogue .dll or registry reference to my Voodoo 3 that caused the V5 to act weird when exiting a Direct3D game, and doing this solved it. Most people don't seem to have to do this though. Oh yeah, another note - after you get the V5 installed, go to your Device Manager and make sure it shows up as "3dfx Voodoo 5" and not "Voodoo Series" or something like that. If it does have "Voodoo series", bring up it's properties and click on "Update Driver" - then point it to the driver location on the driver CD. It should then show up properly as "3dfx Voodoo 5". Sometimes the install doesn't put the right drivers in, and this takes care of it. -- Ken's Sig 3.1 "Who is the more foolish? The fool, or the fool who follows him?" - Obi-Wan Kenobi volksy(at)yahoo(dot)com Go #43 and #44! R.I.P Adam "Peter Hooper" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:sHUb5.763$[email hidden]... > OK I am almost ready to install this card now but thought I would check here > for some final advice first. What is the best way to install it. I currently > have a 32mb TNT2 in the AGP slot so I assume that I first set the video mode > to standard VGA then switch off the pc. Remove the TNT2, replae it with the > new V5 and then go through the installation procedure in Win 98 SE. > > If this is incorrect can you let me know please. > > Many thanks > > Peter Hooper > > R A Wright <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:uSM#r1c7$GA.240@cpmsnbbsa09... > > I'm glad someone else opens boxes at traffic lights and half tries to read > > the manual before he gets home because that's exactly what I did when I > got > > my V5500. > > By the way it works great I'm a bit dubious about the trees in gpl in d3d > > mode they seem to have a ghost effect around the whole tree miner point I > > know. > > > > system spec Plll 450 128 ram V5500 not a great difference in fps I was > using > > Voodoo 2 x2 in sli mode > > > > Regards > > > > Bob > > Uncle Fester <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > Peter Hooper wrote: > > > > > > > It is now sitting on my shelf waiting to be installed :O) I think I > will > > > > wait until tomorrow when it is just me and my younger daughter here > > before I > > > > give it a go... > > > > > > > > I'll let you all know how it fares if there is enough people > interested. > > > > > > > > > You have far more self discipline than I do. It'd been opened, the > > > quick-start manual would have been half-read by the second traffic > > > light, & it'd be up & running in my machine within an hour of getting > > > home. Keep us posted, along with system specs. Good Luck! > > > > > > -- > > > Chuck Kandler > > > > > > A man is no less a Slave just because he is > > > allowed to choose a new Master every four years. > > > > > > > > > >

On Sat, 15 Jul 2000 08:47:25 +0100, "Peter Hooper" <[email hidden]> thus spoke:

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>OK I am almost ready to install this card now but thought I would check here >for some final advice first. What is the best way to install it. I currently >have a 32mb TNT2 in the AGP slot so I assume that I first set the video mode >to standard VGA then switch off the pc. Remove the TNT2, replae it with the >new V5 and then go through the installation procedure in Win 98 SE. > >If this is incorrect can you let me know please.

That way should be ok, but I would use the find feature to search for any Nvidia file and delete them. Don't forget nvOpenGL. Then run regedit and do the same thing in the registry. I do this while in safe mode instead of switching to generic vga drivers. There is a text file available that tells you how to uninstall Nvidia cards correctly but I can't remember the url, sorry. -- Nos

Oh well the best laid plans, etc, etc. Ended up being pretty busy over the weekend so never got the chance to install the card :O( Will do so tonight or tomorrow and report back on my findings then.... Peter Hooper Peter Hooper <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:jMGb5.3282$[email hidden]... > Well, with my eldest daughter off to France for a school trip for a week > early in the morning and my wife out all weekend stewarding at the Tina > Turner concert at Wembley I decided it was a good time to try out the V5 > 5500 card that I have been thinking of getting lately. So off I went on an > extended lunch break this afternoon to the Electronic Boutique inDebenhams > in Bond Street and picked one up. I now have 14 days to try it out. Any > improvement it gives will have to be quite significant otherwise I won'tbe > able to justify keeping with the high price we have to pay over here in > England for our PC stuff (this card cost me �249.99). > > It is now sitting on my shelf waiting to be installed :O) I think I will > wait until tomorrow when it is just me and my younger daughter here beforeI

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> give it a go... > > I'll let you all know how it fares if there is enough people interested. > > Regards > > Peter Hooper > > > > > > >