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S3 video card software accelerater?

14 posts by 10 people · 03 Feb 1997 - 25 Feb 1997

Randy 03 Feb 1997#354796
Anyone know where it can be downloaded? If you have used it, does it work and how well? Thanks!
> Anyone know where it can be downloaded? If you have used it, does it > work and how well? Thanks! try the diamond stealth home page..they have the new drivers that you might be looking for..
> Anyone know where it can be downloaded? If you have used it, does it > wopk and how well? Thanks! try the diamond stealth home page..they have the new drivers that you might be looking for..
Sam Gratri 07 Feb 1997#355311
> Anyone know where it can be downloaded? If you have used it, does it > work and how well? Thanks! I have and STB velocity 3d (ViRGE/VX, S3 988) with vbe 1.2, If you run s3vbe20 it'll take it to vbe 2.0 and quake gets more video modes and all games are faster. However, when i had s3vbe20 loaded, nascar2 would not work with no univbe driver! The univbe that came with nascar 2 did not recognise the card so i got univbe5.3a-d. This works fine but only works for 21 days. But copy the univbe.exe, uvconfig.dat and univbe.drv in to the nascar2 dir. nascar2 works fine with this and does not say anything about the 21 days. finally, running fastvid makes nascar2 run quicker too! Recap reconfig univbe and put files in nascar2 dir have s3vbe20 /install in autoexec.bat have fastvid in autoexec.bat (for pros) <may need a reset now> do not need to run univbe at all from now on files s3vbe20: http://www.s3.com/bbs/shrware/index.htm want s3vbe311.zip univbe : http://www.scitechsoft.com/sdddown.html want sdd53a-d.zip fastvid: http://members.aol.com/JHinkley/FastVid read the info note, i'm running dual boot to dos 6.22 or NT 4.0, NT does not see my autoexec.bat --Sam
MCLK is a program for overclocking your s3 or Cirrus Logic -based display card. Very effective, when carefully used. S3SPDUP enhances some things in s3 cards, but to my experience, you get better results with MCLK. Search the web with program names. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Medical School University of Tampere phone(FI):03/2611885 Finland --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Randy 07 Feb 1997#355313
Thanks for the great reply! got a few questions... Got any experience with doing above with Indycar Racing II (also runs univibe)? My key game is Grand Prix 2. Got any info on whether this will help/hurt or even work with that program? What does pros mean? I'm assuming you run all 3 add-ons simultaneously, correct? Thanks for the detailed response!!
John Stuar 10 Feb 1997#355600
>> Anyone know where it can be downloaded? If you have used it, does it >> wopk and how well? Thanks! >try the diamond stealth home page..they have the new drivers that you >might be looking for.. Please could someone post (or mail) the URL, search engines just take too much time. Thanks. john cae town
Sam Gratri 10 Feb 1997#355601
> Thanks for the great reply! got a few questions... Thanks, many people help me before to get this working, so just doing my bit :) Not got any of the indycar games. Have GP2 but dont play it, mainly because you have to set the frame rate. Dont think gp2 runs univbe so dont need it. Should work fine with s3vbe20. Pentium Pro, FastVid makes the graphics on them a bit quicker. FastVid not to be used if you dont have a Pentium Pro (P6) To my horror! i found NT looks at my autoexec!!!! ;) Dont run univbe after putting thoses files in nascar2 dir as nascar2 sorts all that out, just run s3vbe20 and then fastvid.
David Gl 11 Feb 1997#355694
Quoted text (9 lines)|>I have and STB velocity 3d (ViRGE/VX, S3 988) with vbe 1.2, If you run |>s3vbe20 it'll take it to vbe 2.0 and quake gets more video modes and all |>games are faster. However, when i had s3vbe20 loaded, nascar2 would not |>work with no univbe driver! The univbe that came with nascar 2 did not |>recognise the card so i got univbe5.3a-d. This works fine but only works |>for 21 days. But copy the univbe.exe, uvconfig.dat and univbe.drv in to |>the nascar2 dir. nascar2 works fine with this and does not say anything |>about the 21 days. finally, running fastvid makes nascar2 run quicker |>too!
Thanks for the post, Sam. But can I just get this straight? I have a Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 based on the S3 Virge chip which is only Vesa 1.2 compliant. So do I need the s3vbe20 or the Univbe driver which is now called Scitech's Display Doctor. David
Randy 25 Feb 1997#357335
I've tried running GP2 with s3vbe20 installed, but i don't see a change. I recorded the cpu occupancy and suggested frame rate numbers before and after the install, and it doesn't change while running GP2 in Win '95 or dos. the install goes o.k. (all 2.0 options reported as "on," and running "s3vbe20 /check" reports back installed!) I have a gateway with an STB 864 card (2 yrs. old). Is it possible this card isn't running vbe 1.2 at all (how can I tell? will the 2.0 core install give notice if 1.2 is not in place?) In other words, is there a way to measure or witness the improvement with the installation of 2.0? Although I haven't installed univibe and tried running GP2 yet, how might univibe and s3vbe20 work together? will GP2 work with either or both? Must GP2 recognize and "plug-in" to univibe for it to have any effect? (Sorry if I sound confused... I am, a bit!) --- old post:
Quoted text (51 lines)>> Thanks for the great reply! got a few questions... >Thanks, many people help me before to get this working, so just doing my >bit :) >> >I have and STB velocity 3d (ViRGE/VX, S3 988) with vbe 1.2, If you run >> >s3vbe20 it'll take it to vbe 2.0 and quake gets more video modes and all >> >games are faster. However, when i had s3vbe20 loaded, nascar2 would not >> >work with no univbe drivers! The univbe that came with nascar 2 did not >> >recognise the card so i got univbe5.3a-d. This works fine but only works >> >for 21 days. But copy the univbe.exe, uvconfig.dat and univbe.drv in to >> >the nascar2 dir. nascar2 works fine whith this and does not say anything >> >about the 21 days. finally, running fastvid makes nascar2 run quicker >> >too! >> Got any experience with doing above with Indycar Racing II (also runs >> univibe)? My key game is Grand Prix 2. Got any info on whether this will >> help/hurt or even work with that program? >Not got any of the indycar games. Have GP2 but dont play it, mainly >because you have to set the frame rate. Dont think gp2 runs univbe so >dont need it. Should work fine with s3vbe20. >> >Recap >> >reconfig univbe and put files in nascar2 dir >> >have s3vbe20 /install in autoexec.bat >> >have fastvid in autoexec.bat (for pros) >> What does pros mean? >Pentium Pro, FastVid makes the graphics on them a bit quicker. FastVid >not to be used if you dont have a Pentium Pro (P6) >> >do not need to run univbe at all from now on >> >files >> >s3vbe20: http://www.s3.com/bbs/shrware/index.htm want s3vbe311.zip >> >univbe : http://www.scitechsoft.com/sdddown.html want sdd53a-d.zip >> >fastvid: http://members.aol.com/JHinkley/FastVid read the info >> >note, i'm running dual boot to dos 6.22 or NT 4.0, NT does not see my >> >autoexec.bat >> >--Sam >To my horror! i found NT looks at my autoexec!!!! ;) >> I'm assuming you run all 3 add-ons simultaneously, correct? >> Thanks for the detailed response!! >Dont run univbe after putting thoses files in nascar2 dir as nascar2 >sorts all that out, just run s3vbe20 and then fastvid.

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