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Advice Please

3 posts by 2 people · 26 Sep 1997 - 27 Sep 1997

Matt 26 Sep 1997#378304
Hello all, First let me say sorry for posting this here, but I posted this to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video twice and got no respones. So I'm hoping that I might get some here. Here goes: I've had the Reactor Rendition card in my computer for over a year now and it still won'y run in WIN95 higher than 16 color. I have tried everything and called everyone I could think of with no help. It plays all my dos games perfect and I even get excellent frame rate playing N2 in dma mode. But my worst fears have happened. A lot of games comming out now are for WIN95. But because of my card I can't play them. So now I'm shopping for a vew video card. What I'm looking for is a card that will run in WIN95 higher than 16 color, and play all my dos games in SVGA. It wouldn't hurt also to be able to play N2 in dma mode to. So I was just wondering if anyone has any suggestions on what card to buy. Money is not a problem. I have a Hewlett Packard Pavilion, P150 and 16MB of RAM. I've finally given up on the Reactor card. Plus it would be nice if this new card installs easy and the software is a snap to load up and get running, I.E. the drivers and so on. So could anyone please e-mail me with any advice on wich card to purchase? Once again sorry to post this here, but I seem to get no responses when posting to the other newsgroup. Thanks, Matt
Eric Ruh 27 Sep 1997#378390
Sounds like a driver problem. There most likely is nothing wrong with the card, but you are using the wrong drivers. As Julian posted, get the newest drivers. On a side note, that P150 would be MUCH happier running as a P166 w/ a 66MHz bus (X 2.5 = 166MHz). The P150 is a scam that never should have existed. Consider yourself a P166 owner who got a better deal. ;) Check your MB settings and upgrade for nada. ER > Hello all, Sniiiiiiiiiiiiiip
Matt 27 Sep 1997#378391
Quoted text (9 lines)> Hmm.. very odd. I have the S3D, Reactor, and the new Rendition drivers ( That > came with SODA demo) AND the new REDLINE 2.0 drivers. All the drivers in Win95 > seem to have 640x480 and 800x600 at 32 bit color. I have tested this. > Let me ask you this, what drivers are you using? Also, what version of Win95 are > you using? > There is a difference from the versions builds 950 and 950a to build 950b. Goto > Control Panel, then System to find out what version of you have.
I'm using WIN95 version 4.00.950. As for the drivers, I really don't know. I'm assuming it's the ones that came with the card on a disk. I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer when it comes to computer. If there is a way I could find out for sure I would, but I don't know how. But I did go to the Reactor site a downloaded the latest driver...the wn953130. I haven't installed it yet, but I'll let you know what happens when I do. Thanks, Matt

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