F1 2000 - Voodoo Banshee - Help!!!

I've got a voodoo banshee, actualy a Diamond Monster Fusion - same chip set any way, and it won't run d3d mode for more than 1 min or so. My drivers ain't compadable with dx7a, and that might be the problem. But I can't find any that are compadable with dx7a. And ofcourse to play this game, when reading the manual, you need a video card compadable with dx7a. I can play software, but I hardly call that playable. Please help... thanks.

Voodoo Banshee not DirectX 7 compatible? Yes it is.... just get the Banshee reference drivers from: http://www.3dfxgamers.com/view.asp?IOID=44 These should work fine with your Diamond card... -- Sjon DjFIL <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> I've got a voodoo banshee, actualy a Diamond Monster Fusion - same chip > set any way, and it won't run d3d mode for more than 1 min or so. My > drivers ain't compadable with dx7a, and that might be the problem. But > I can't find any that are compadable with dx7a. And ofcourse to play > this game, when reading the manual, you need a video card compadable > with dx7a. I can play software, but I hardly call that playable. > Please help... > > thanks. >

Goto www.3dfxgamers.com , goto the drivers section and download the latest "reference drivers" for the Voodoo Banshee. They'll work on your card, don't worry. Good Luck David C

Thanks to everyone who replied... but still no luck. These reference drivers have problems with my card. Bad problems. I only get 2 resolutions, 640x480 (up to 32bit color) and 800x600 (up to 16 color). Totaly unacceptable when I'm on a 17" and I don't use it just for this game. Any idea? I've reinstalled DX7a... still nothing. please help. David Cane wrote:

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> Goto www.3dfxgamers.com , goto the drivers section and download the latest > "reference drivers" for the Voodoo Banshee. They'll work on your card, don't > worry. > > Good Luck > > David C

<cough> new computer <uncough>, I told you to keep the TNT 2 and buy the damn mother board... mmm... 20fps with all graphics... DjFIL wrote:

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> > Thanks to everyone who replied... but still no luck. These reference drivers > have problems with my card. Bad problems. I only get 2 resolutions, 640x480 > (up to 32bit color) and 800x600 (up to 16 color). Totaly unacceptable when I'm > on a 17" and I don't use it just for this game. Any idea? I've reinstalled > DX7a... still nothing. please help. > > David Cane wrote: > > > Goto www.3dfxgamers.com , goto the drivers section and download the latest > > "reference drivers" for the Voodoo Banshee. They'll work on your card, don't > > worry. > > > > Good Luck > > > > David C

I have similar Banshee problems. I'm really not sure what caused it, but at a certain point in time, even some formerly working D3D titles starting crapping out (example: X-Wing Alliance). Might have been when I "upgraded" to DX7. I tried everything including DXuninstall and eventually a new HD with a new Win95 boot. But then I still had probs with DX6. Same as you, games would lock up after a few seconds up to a minute or so. Since then, I bought a V3-3000 and all is well. So, I don't know what to tell you except I share your pain. Oh, I also tried every driver imaginable, including the latest ref drivers. In article <[email hidden]>, DjFIL <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>I've got a voodoo banshee, actualy a Diamond Monster Fusion - same chip >set any way, and it won't run d3d mode for more than 1 min or so. My >drivers ain't compadable with dx7a, and that might be the problem. But >I can't find any that are compadable with dx7a. And ofcourse to play >this game, when reading the manual, you need a video card compadable >with dx7a. I can play software, but I hardly call that playable. >Please help... > >thanks. >

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says... I had this happen to me too a coupla versions back with the reference drivers. If I recall correctly it was because the monitor wasn't specified correctly. Try correcting this and see if it helps. HH >Thanks to everyone who replied... but still no luck. These reference drivers >have problems with my card. Bad problems. I only get 2 resolutions, 640x480 >(up to 32bit color) and 800x600 (up to 16 color). Totaly unacceptable when I'm

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>on a 17" and I don't use it just for this game. Any idea? I've reinstalled >DX7a... still nothing. please help. > >David Cane wrote: > >> Goto www.3dfxgamers.com , goto the drivers section and download the latest >> "reference drivers" for the Voodoo Banshee. They'll work on your card,

don't >> worry. >> >> Good Luck >> >> David C

Could tell me how? Thanks alot... DjFIL HeadHunter wrote:

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> In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says... > > I had this happen to me too a coupla versions back with the reference drivers. > If I recall correctly it was because the monitor wasn't specified correctly. > Try correcting this and see if it helps. > > HH > > >Thanks to everyone who replied... but still no luck. These reference drivers > >have problems with my card. Bad problems. I only get 2 resolutions, 640x480 > >(up to 32bit color) and 800x600 (up to 16 color). Totaly unacceptable when > I'm > >on a 17" and I don't use it just for this game. Any idea? I've reinstalled > >DX7a... still nothing. please help. > > > >David Cane wrote: > > > >> Goto www.3dfxgamers.com , goto the drivers section and download the latest > >> "reference drivers" for the Voodoo Banshee. They'll work on your card, > don't > >> worry. > >> > >> Good Luck > >> > >> David C

find the exact make and model number of your monitor, go to the manufacturers website , or do a lengthy web search, and get the correct 'monitor.inf' file for your montior, this shohuld bring back the other resolutions with reference drivers. really does work BTW, i had thought for ages that 'plug and play monitor' should work - and that there was somthing wrong with my system (using creative blaster TNT), when i eventually got round to finding a daytek monitor.inf all my problems melted away... (well at least i got the right resolutions available...) remember it might not be under drivers on the web page because strictly its not a driver! good luck col. On Mon, 03 Apr 2000 23:54:59 GMT, DjFIL <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Could tell me how? Thanks alot... > >DjFIL > >HeadHunter wrote: > >> In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says... >> >> I had this happen to me too a coupla versions back with the reference drivers. >> If I recall correctly it was because the monitor wasn't specified correctly. >> Try correcting this and see if it helps. >> >> HH >> >> >Thanks to everyone who replied... but still no luck. These reference drivers >> >have problems with my card. Bad problems. I only get 2 resolutions, 640x480 >> >(up to 32bit color) and 800x600 (up to 16 color). Totaly unacceptable when >> I'm >> >on a 17" and I don't use it just for this game. Any idea? I've reinstalled >> >DX7a... still nothing. please help. >> > >> >David Cane wrote: >> > >> >> Goto www.3dfxgamers.com , goto the drivers section and download the latest >> >> "reference drivers" for the Voodoo Banshee. They'll work on your card, >> don't >> >> worry. >> >> >> >> Good Luck >> >> >> >> David C >