TNT2, mirrors question - sorry, but help!!

Hey all, I really hate to ask this question since it has been asked to death, but here goes. I have a CL TNT2 (non-ultra) w/ P3 and was running the nvidia 3.53 drivers with no problems - mirrors worked fine. Well like a big dummy I read some post somewhere about how the 3.68 drivers were the cat's meow so I thought I would give them a whirl. I can't seem to tell any difference in frame rates, but when I went to try GPL, my mirrors were screwed up again just like the bad old days. Any idea how to fix them or should I just go back to 3.53. Where would I find the 3.53 drivers? I know older drivers won't install over newer drivers so how would I do it? I've asked my wife to put on her sharpest heels and give me a good kick in the ass to save everyone else the trouble. If it aint broke, don't fix it - I'll just repeat this a thousand times. Thanks in Advance, Jcharm

I hear the trick is to turn block transfer mode on in advanced options for the tnt in display properties/opengl Jcharm wrote:

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> > Hey all, > > I really hate to ask this question since it has been asked to death, but > here goes. I have a CL TNT2 (non-ultra) w/ P3 and was running the nvidia > 3.53 drivers with no problems - mirrors worked fine. Well like a big dummy > I read some post somewhere about how the 3.68 drivers were the cat's meow so > I thought I would give them a whirl. I can't seem to tell any difference in > frame rates, but when I went to try GPL, my mirrors were screwed up again > just like the bad old days. Any idea how to fix them or should I just go > back to 3.53. Where would I find the 3.53 drivers? I know older drivers > won't install over newer drivers so how would I do it? > > I've asked my wife to put on her sharpest heels and give me a good kick in > the ass to save everyone else the trouble. If it aint broke, don't fix it - > I'll just repeat this a thousand times. > > Thanks in Advance, > > Jcharm

"Jcharm" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:FYpN4.59366$[email hidden]... > Hey all, > > I really hate to ask this question since it has been asked to death, but > here goes. I have a CL TNT2 (non-ultra) w/ P3 and was running the nvidia > 3.53 drivers with no problems - mirrors worked fine. Well like a bigdummy > I read some post somewhere about how the 3.68 drivers were the cat's meowso > I thought I would give them a whirl. I can't seem to tell any differencein

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> frame rates, but when I went to try GPL, my mirrors were screwed up again > just like the bad old days. Any idea how to fix them or should I just go > back to 3.53. Where would I find the 3.53 drivers? I know older drivers > won't install over newer drivers so how would I do it? > > I've asked my wife to put on her sharpest heels and give me a good kick in > the ass to save everyone else the trouble. If it aint broke, don't fix

it - > I'll just repeat this a thousand times. > > Thanks in Advance, > > Jcharm Here is an old post from a guy called Billy that may help. Say thanks to your wife for me ;-) Bart Westra ----------------------------- I just got the GPL demo yesterday and after seeing how good it is, I plan on buying the game. There was a problem with the cars' mirrors though, which I've learned has been a long-time issue with the tnt/tnt2 cards. I searched the internet for a solution and came across a message here about using the 3.53 reference drivers with the "Use Block Transfer" setting to fix the problem, which works perfectly. The only problem is that those drivers suck hehe. I wanted to know how to enable that setting with the 2.08 drivers (the best ones imo), and discovered that this fix can be applied to any driver version by simply changing the value of the "FlippingControl" setting in the registry to "0". Depending on the driver version, this setting can be found in [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NVIDIA Corporation\RIVA TNT\OpenGL], or [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Class\Display\0001\NVi dia\OpenGL] When doing a fresh install, the settings won't appear in the registry until an opengl game is run once. So just in case there are people out there who are looking for this type of info (since the 3.53 fix is pretty recent), here it is. :)

Thanks a bunch, I think this will work

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> I hear the trick is to turn block transfer mode on in advanced options > for the tnt in display properties/opengl > > Hey all, > > I really hate to ask this question since it has been asked to death, but > > here goes. I have a CL TNT2 (non-ultra) w/ P3 and was running the

nvidia > > 3.53 drivers with no problems - mirrors worked fine. Well like a big dummy > > I read some post somewhere about how the 3.68 drivers were the cat's meow so > > I thought I would give them a whirl. I can't seem to tell any difference in > > frame rates, but when I went to try GPL, my mirrors were screwed up again > > just like the bad old days. Any idea how to fix them or should I just go > > back to 3.53. Where would I find the 3.53 drivers? I know older drivers > > won't install over newer drivers so how would I do it? > > I've asked my wife to put on her sharpest heels and give me a good kick in > > the ass to save everyone else the trouble. If it aint broke, don't fix it - > > I'll just repeat this a thousand times. > > Thanks in Advance, > > Jcharm

Thanks a bunch, I think this will work Martyn Danby <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> I hear the trick is to turn block transfer mode on in advanced options > for the tnt in display properties/opengl > > Jcharm wrote: > > > > Hey all, > > > > I really hate to ask this question since it has been asked to death, but > > here goes. I have a CL TNT2 (non-ultra) w/ P3 and was running the

nvidia > > 3.53 drivers with no problems - mirrors worked fine. Well like a bigdummy > > I read some post somewhere about how the 3.68 drivers were the cat'smeow so > > I thought I would give them a whirl. I can't seem to tell anydifference in > > frame rates, but when I went to try GPL, my mirrors were screwed upagain > > just like the bad old days. Any idea how to fix them or should I justgo > > back to 3.53. Where would I find the 3.53 drivers? I know olderdrivers > > won't install over newer drivers so how would I do it? > > > > I've asked my wife to put on her sharpest heels and give me a good kickin > > the ass to save everyone else the trouble. If it aint broke, don't fixit - > > I'll just repeat this a thousand times. > > > > Thanks in Advance, > > > > Jcharm

Thanks dude, I think this will work. Now, if I could just find a way to stop my wife from kicking me in the ass........ Bart Westra <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8e60nk$fpa$[email hidden]...

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> > "Jcharm" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:FYpN4.59366$[email hidden]... > > Hey all, > > > > I really hate to ask this question since it has been asked to death, but > > here goes. I have a CL TNT2 (non-ultra) w/ P3 and was running the

nvidia > > 3.53 drivers with no problems - mirrors worked fine. Well like a big > dummy > > I read some post somewhere about how the 3.68 drivers were the cat'smeow > so > > I thought I would give them a whirl. I can't seem to tell anydifference > in > > frame rates, but when I went to try GPL, my mirrors were screwed upagain > > just like the bad old days. Any idea how to fix them or should I justgo > > back to 3.53. Where would I find the 3.53 drivers? I know olderdrivers > > won't install over newer drivers so how would I do it? > > > > I've asked my wife to put on her sharpest heels and give me a good kickin

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> > the ass to save everyone else the trouble. If it aint broke, don't fix > it - > > I'll just repeat this a thousand times. > > > > Thanks in Advance, > > > > Jcharm > > Here is an old post from a guy called Billy that may help. Say thanks to > your wife for me ;-) > Bart Westra > ----------------------------- > I just got the GPL demo yesterday and after seeing how good it is, I plan

on > buying the game. There was a problem with the cars' mirrors though, which > I've learned has been a long-time issue with the tnt/tnt2 cards. Isearched > the internet for a solution and came across a message here about using the > 3.53 reference drivers with the "Use Block Transfer" setting to fix the > problem, which works perfectly. The only problem is that those driverssuck > hehe. I wanted to know how to enable that setting with the 2.08 drivers > (the best ones imo), and discovered that this fix can be applied to any > driver version by simply changing the value of the "FlippingControl"setting

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> in the registry to "0". > > Depending on the driver version, this setting can be found in > > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NVIDIA Corporation\RIVA TNT\OpenGL], or > >

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Class\Display\0001\NVi > dia\OpenGL] > > When doing a fresh install, the settings won't appear in the registryuntil > an opengl game is run once. > > So just in case there are people out there who are looking for this typeof > info (since the 3.53 fix is pretty recent), here it is. :) > > >