Another problem with GPL

I have been running a pci 8meg thriller for 6 months and did get a funky screen a coulpe of times early on. It also wouldn't hold the gamma setting or resolution for awhile but they both work now... wierd computer thing. JM

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> >I've been having a strange new problem since I've installed my new > >Thriller3D AGP 8Mb. At some point, for no reason, the menus get > >scrambled up, and all letters on that page look blurry and are totally > >unreadable. If I go to the game and come back everything is back to > >normal. This is kinda annoying... > >Anyone's had these kind of troubles or am I the chosen one? > I think I've had something similar (same card). A couple of times > after running several online races a few weeks back it did this. I > had to either restart GPL or reboot Win95 to fix it (I forget). > Haven't seen it since. I assumed it was some sort of online glitch. > Maybe it's overheating or a hardware fault? I'm using the latest (85) > drivers. As a side note, I sure wish they'd fix the gamma setting so > I didn't have to reset it every time I reboot. :( > "But in a way, fear is a big part of racing, because if there was > nothing to be frightened of, and no limit, any fool could get into > a motor car and racing would not exist as a sport." -- Jim Clark

Hi all, I've been having a strange new problem since I've installed my new Thriller3D AGP 8Mb. At some point, for no reason, the menus get scrambled up, and all letters on that page look blurry and are totally unreadable. If I go to the game and come back everything is back to normal. This is kinda annoying... Anyone's had these kind of troubles or am I the chosen one? And don't tell me to stop drinking, I'm not! A. Renault

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>I've been having a strange new problem since I've installed my new >Thriller3D AGP 8Mb. At some point, for no reason, the menus get >scrambled up, and all letters on that page look blurry and are totally >unreadable. If I go to the game and come back everything is back to >normal. This is kinda annoying... >Anyone's had these kind of troubles or am I the chosen one?

I think I've had something similar (same card). A couple of times after running several online races a few weeks back it did this. I had to either restart GPL or reboot Win95 to fix it (I forget). Haven't seen it since. I assumed it was some sort of online glitch. Maybe it's overheating or a hardware fault? I'm using the latest (85) drivers. As a side note, I sure wish they'd fix the gamma setting so I didn't have to reset it every time I reboot. :( "But in a way, fear is a big part of racing, because if there was nothing to be frightened of, and no limit, any fool could get into a motor car and racing would not exist as a sport." -- Jim Clark

>>I've been having a strange new problem since I've installed my new >>Thriller3D AGP 8Mb. At some point, for no reason, the menus get >>scrambled up, and all letters on that page look blurry and are totally >>unreadable... One more data point... I was just connected to a friend who was hosting an online race and his computer developed this font corruption. This is the first time he's experienced this. The interesting point -- he has an 8 meg VooDoo2. Otherwise, he has basically the same computer as me (C300A/450, Abit BH6, 128 meg to my 64 meg, Voodoo2 to my Thriller 8/AGP -- great minds think alike :). BTW, he's seen other video corruption due to his Voodoo2 overheating (we believe), but that was different than this. "But in a way, fear is a big part of racing, because if there was nothing to be frightened of, and no limit, any fool could get into a motor car and racing would not exist as a sport." -- Jim Clark

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>Hi all, >I've been having a strange new problem since I've installed my new >Thriller3D AGP 8Mb. At some point, for no reason, the menus get >scrambled up, and all letters on that page look blurry and are totally >unreadable. If I go to the game and come back everything is back to >normal. This is kinda annoying... >Anyone's had these kind of troubles or am I the chosen one?

Yep, I got the PCI version. You don't have to leave the game. When you jump in the***pit and back, it is back to normal. Hmm. With other words, you are drinking, and refuse to stop. Are you sure it is only the screen which look blurry? :-) Remco

I have exactly the same problem periodically with a 4Mb Diamond Stealth S220 (Rendition V2100). Been thinking of moving up to the Thriller3D to run 800x600 at 35fps. Marty

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> Hi all, > I've been having a strange new problem since I've installed my new > Thriller3D AGP 8Mb. At some point, for no reason, the menus get > scrambled up, and all letters on that page look blurry and are totally > unreadable. If I go to the game and come back everything is back to > normal. This is kinda annoying... > Anyone's had these kind of troubles or am I the chosen one? > And don't tell me to stop drinking, I'm not! > A. Renault

Don't try! I won't stop! I already told ya I'm not stopping it! Uuuuuh... Feeling kinda dizzy... Of course you realized "Me talk not english good, I french..." and that what I was trying to say is I haven't been drinking... So I just won't have to explain it... Aaah sheeesh I think I just did! Err... GPL rUlEz! (or is it RuLeZ... How am I supposed to know?) A. Renault