Re: Voodoo3, DX7, Drivers and so forth

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Hi All, Well I have finally gotten a new P111-550 with Voodoo3 2000. Hopefully GPL will arrive in the mail today. Anyway, can anyone point me towards a resource which provides info about which Voodoo drivers to use and so forth. How does DirectX relate to GPL, if at all? I'm new to 3D cards so I'm a bit unsure. Do you have to try different drivers with each 3D game to find a compromise to suit all the 3D games you want to play? FYI, I've installed the latest Voodoo3 drivers version 1.04.00. I've noticed that when I play dvds the picture is not entirely perfect and I'm wondering whether it's an issue with the voodoo card. The actual picture is great but subtitles appear very edgy, not smooth. Is there an easy way to figure all this out? TIA Nick

On 18 Apr 2000 01:27:55 GMT, [email hidden] wrote: >Hi All, > >Well I have finally gotten a new P111-550 with Voodoo3 2000. Good show! :)

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> >Hopefully GPL will arrive in the mail today. > >Anyway, can anyone point me towards a resource which provides info >about which Voodoo drivers to use and so forth. > >How does DirectX relate to GPL, if at all? > >I'm new to 3D cards so I'm a bit unsure. Do you have to try different >drivers with each 3D game to find a compromise to suit all the 3D games >you want to play?

Just stay current with the latest drivers from 3dfxgamers.com (not the beta ones) and you shouldnt have a problem with ANY game. Another great website to frequent is http://www.voodoo3.net/ > >FYI, I've installed the latest Voodoo3 drivers version 1.04.00. Your good to go! > >I've noticed that when I play dvds the picture is not entirely perfect >and I'm wondering whether it's an issue with the voodoo card. The actual >picture is great but subtitles appear very edgy, not smooth. Hmm, maybe there is an edge smoothing option in the DVD software? I have a DVDrom but i can seriously say ive only ever watched one movie with it. (before I upgrading to the Voodoo3) :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Skotty Flynn skotty20 on Won Nascar-Racing-Sims.Com: http://www.nascar-racing-sims.com The Ultimate Sim Racing Directory: http://www.nascar-racing-sims.com/directory/

See answers below. -- Joe Marques <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8dgdmr$93j$[email hidden]... > Hi All, > > Well I have finally gotten a new P111-550 with Voodoo3 2000. > > Hopefully GPL will arrive in the mail today. > > Anyway, can anyone point me towards a resource which provides info > about which Voodoo drivers to use and so forth. > > How does DirectX relate to GPL, if at all? DirectX is a series of files that allows your hardware (sound, video, joystick, etc.) to be recognized and used in the windows environment. DirectX, along with specific hardware drivers, allow all these things to work. I'm not an expert, this is just a basic description. > I'm new to 3D cards so I'm a bit unsure. Do you have to try different > drivers with each 3D game to find a compromise to suit all the 3D games > you want to play? The latest drivers are usually the best since they are usually an improvement upon older drivers (faster, less bugs, and more stable). However, some games may not work with the latest incarnation of a driver. It's a crap shoot at times. I can say the latest V3 drivers are great. Everything I own runs fine. Stick with the latest and be sure to install DirectX 7.0a which is the latest directX. > > FYI, I've installed the latest Voodoo3 drivers version 1.04.00. > > I've noticed that when I play dvds the picture is not entirely perfect > and I'm wondering whether it's an issue with the voodoo card. The actual > picture is great but subtitles appear very edgy, not smooth. > > Is there an easy way to figure all this out? Go to www.3dfx.com for drivers and other info.

Thanks for the replies everyone. I've checked out 3dfx.com and 3dfxgamers.com and I've got my faq handy. I'm probably looking for problems before they exist :) I'll check out voodoo3.net too. Soon I'll be back to complain that I'm a crappyh GPL driver;) Seeya Nick Joe Marques <[email hidden]> wrote: : See answers below. : -- : Joe Marques : <[email hidden]> wrote in message : news:8dgdmr$93j$[email hidden]... :> Hi All, :> :> Well I have finally gotten a new P111-550 with Voodoo3 2000. :> :> Hopefully GPL will arrive in the mail today. :> :> Anyway, can anyone point me towards a resource which provides info :> about which Voodoo drivers to use and so forth. :> :> How does DirectX relate to GPL, if at all? : DirectX is a series of files that allows your hardware (sound, video, : joystick, etc.) to be recognized and used in the windows environment. : DirectX, along with specific hardware drivers, allow all these things to : work. I'm not an expert, this is just a basic description. :> I'm new to 3D cards so I'm a bit unsure. Do you have to try different :> drivers with each 3D game to find a compromise to suit all the 3D games :> you want to play? : The latest drivers are usually the best since they are usually an : improvement upon older drivers (faster, less bugs, and more stable). : However, some games may not work with the latest incarnation of a driver. : It's a crap shoot at times. I can say the latest V3 drivers are great. : Everything I own runs fine. Stick with the latest and be sure to install : DirectX 7.0a which is the latest directX. :> :> FYI, I've installed the latest Voodoo3 drivers version 1.04.00. :> :> I've noticed that when I play dvds the picture is not entirely perfect :> and I'm wondering whether it's an issue with the voodoo card. The actual :> picture is great but subtitles appear very edgy, not smooth. :> :> Is there an easy way to figure all this out? : Go to www.3dfx.com for drivers and other info.

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> Thanks for the replies everyone. I've checked out 3dfx.com and 3dfxgamers.com > and I've got my faq handy. I'm probably looking for problems before they exist :) > > I'll check out voodoo3.net too. > > Soon I'll be back to complain that I'm a crappyh GPL driver;) > > Seeya > > Nick >

Don't forget the v1.2 GPL patch. It resolves some graphics bugs and modest gameplay issues. -GRC > -- ============ Anti-Spam measures have been taken! Remove the duplicate 'g' and 's' to reply.

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