Rendition Ready Cards.

Hi There, I have a question about the Rendition cards (Screamin 3D, 3D-Blaster etc). I went to the sierra site to look at the 3d card and it said that you needed a min dx2-66 and win95 etc. It gave me the impresion that the rendition games only work in win-95 and not dos. I have a P-133 Win95 etc but Dos is much faster with Nascar GP2 etc and still wish to get that little bit extra by still running in dos. Is it possible to still run the rendition versions in dos..? Shane Lansky Hobart,Tasmania Australia

They work fine in DOS. The Sierra site says it requires Win95 only because they do not have Win3.1 or NT drivers. -- The IWCCCARS Project: Q & A Representative http://www.theuspits.com/iwcccars/index.html http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~ebusch/

My Intergraph reactor (now intense) did not have DOS, Win3.1, or NT utilities either. You know how some boards come with a utility to setup the card for IRQ, I/O address, DMA channel, default resolution, etc.??? Well the Intergraph Reactor (now intense) does not come with any such utility. If your goal is to setup a DOS game machine, you cannot do it quickly with this card. You MUST install Win'95 and setup the Intergraph reactor (now intense) using this operating system as it's config utility. Then you could "not use" Win'95 any more and have your game machine. In my opinion, the Win'95 hoop is a high one to make someone jump through just to get a killer game machine setup for ICR2 and Nascar2 using a verite 1000 based video board (DOS games). Someone please tell me that one of the other verite 1000 based video boards comes with a simple little DOS utility to setup the card. I'll manage my own IRQ's in this case... -- Best Wishes!!! Robert Huggins Raleigh, NC

True, but DOS is dying a slow death. Win95, while by no means perfect, is poised to take over as the *** OS of choice. This is evident by many companies finally starting to make their 'killer' games Win95 only. Diablo immediately comes to mind, as do other upcoming titles like JediKnight, X-Wing Vs. Tie Fighter, and Unreal (all must have games for may people). It's really a shame that N2 was not made as a Win95 app. -- The IWCCCARS Project: Q & A Representative http://www.theuspits.com/iwcccars/index.html http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~ebusch/

G,day Shane & all Absolutely! I have a p166-3dblaster and run the accelerated versions of nascar2 & Icr2 by booting out to Dos from Win95.Its a great card for running svga 640 x 480 dos games IMHO.Win95 performance was fairly ordinary when I bought it, however the latest Creative drivers have definitely improved the situation.I'm playing GP2 with all textures except mirrors on low detail setting at a great frame rate. This maybe slightly off topic but hopefully interesting.Like most folk,I've been highly sceptical of WIN95 as a true games platform, but after loading up my mate's game Hyperblade and seeing it running under Direct3D,the future's look'in rosy for us simracers! -- "Don't look back - they may be gaining on you !!" ************************************************** Phil Abel NSW Sales Manager - St. Albans Textiles http://www.magna.com.au/~mohair/

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>They work fine in DOS. The Sierra site says it requires Win95 only >because they do not have Win3.1 or NT drivers. >-- >The IWCCCARS Project: Q & A Representative >http://www.theuspits.com/iwcccars/index.html >http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~ebusch/ >> I went to the sierra site to look at the 3d card and it said that you >> needed a min dx2-66 and win95 etc. It gave me the impresion that the >> rendition games only work in win-95 and not dos. I have a P-133 Win95 >> etc but Dos is much faster with Nascar GP2 etc and still wish to get >> that little bit extra by still running in dos. Is it possible to >still >> run the rendition versions in dos..?

Download the Win 3.1 drivers from Creatives site they work fine with the Intergraph card and probably with Sierra's also. I know as I have done this. I would not recommend as cross flashing the Bios between cards, In fact I think that all of the post on their site NOT to try that although it is being done. If you want Win 3.1 drivers this is about all you can do. I have both the Intergraph and the Creative 3d Blaster PCI , and the ONLY advantage to the Intergraph is the fact you get ICR2 for the Rendition but even then it is not all the tracks were remade for the Verite. I say the Creative came with better drivers and the Bios update's have been as good or better than Intergraph. Having both I do not think that Intergraphs support was any big deal as some people here rave about. And now with the price up on the Intergraph and the shipping charges just wait until the Creative goes on sale like mine did at Best Buy awhile back at $179 and now they are equal on price. In short BUY what you want or is easier to get as they are all more or less they same card anyway! Jack

Actually, Creative's drivers are the slowest of all the cards. They are even slower then the Rendition reference drivers that Intergraph is distributing. -- The IWCCCARS Project: Q & A Representative http://www.theuspits.com/iwcccars/index.html http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~ebusch/