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GPL & Voodoo2 SLI problems

6 posts by 6 people · 09 Mar 2000 - 12 Mar 2000 17:33 UTC

john moore 09 Mar 2000#522211
I don't use v2's but i believe the cure is to get dx 7a .... of course the old cure was to use 2.53 drivers in the GPL directory good luck
Quoted text (9 lines)> Hi all, > I'm having lock-up problems with GPL and the lastest voodoo2 drivers for > dx7; The game runs fine for about 1-2 minutes, but then the screen > freezes, but it sounds like the game continues to run. I also seem to > have this problem with other games. Is it that the new V2 drivers and > dx7 just don't get along? I never had this with dx6.1, etc. I hope the > only option isn't a re-format of my harddrive to rid myself of dx7. > Thanks in advance.
R A Wright 09 Mar 2000#522212
I have 2 Voodoo 2 SLI and DX7a should cure your problem. Bob
Mark 09 Mar 2000 16:06 UTC#287669
Hi all, I'm having lock-up problems with GPL and the lastest voodoo2 drivers for dx7; The game runs fine for about 1-2 minutes, but then the screen freezes, but it sounds like the game continues to run. I also seem to have this problem with other games. Is it that the new V2 drivers and dx7 just don't get along? I never had this with dx6.1, etc. I hope the only option isn't a re-format of my harddrive to rid myself of dx7. Thanks in advance.
Mark 11 Mar 2000#522549
Thanks for your help, but I still get these lock-ups on GPL and most of my games that can use the glide drivers. I upgraded to dx7a, and the same screen freezing happens about 2-3 minutes into racing. Let me ask you this:according to the device mgr., one voodoo has the updated (I believe it's the 1-27-2000 dated driver for dx7), while the other has an older version. Should I update the second? From what I remember, it won't let me... All of my voodoo games seem to have problems with locking after I installed dx7. HELP.
Quoted text (14 lines)> I have 2 Voodoo 2 SLI and DX7a should cure your problem. > Bob > > Hi all, > > I'm having lock-up problems with GPL and the lastest voodoo2 drivers for > > dx7; The game runs fine for about 1-2 minutes, but then the screen > > freezes, but it sounds like the game continues to run. I also seem to > > have this problem with other games. Is it that the new V2 drivers and > > dx7 just don't get along? I never had this with dx6.1, etc. I hope the > > only option isn't a re-format of my harddrive to rid myself of dx7. > > Thanks in advance.
Ace 11 Mar 2000#522550
I run Voodoo2's in SLI mode with (these days)no problems. There was the occasional lock-up until I upgraded GPL to v1.2 (I assume you are running the latest version of GPL)Before that, I adjusted the hardware acceleration tab: it's in ControlPanel> System> Performance> Graphics. By moving the slider 1 or 2 notches left you can alleviate some problems . Might be worth trying if you haven't done already. Also, have you looked at the Voodoo Properties app in Display properties? 'm no expert on what some of the options under the "advanced " tab do, but I leave 'em all unchecked, and everything works OK. If it comes to it, try disabling SLI mode and see if the problem still occurs. You should not need to update the drivers of the second card. >Thanks for your help, but I still get these lock-ups on GPL and most of my >games that can use the glide drivers. I upgraded to dx7a, and the same screen >freezing happens about 2-3 minutes into racing. Let me ask you this:according >to the device mgr., one voodoo has the updated (I believe it's the 1-27-2000 >dated driver for dx7), while the other has an older version. Should I update
Quoted text (14 lines)>the second? From what I remember, it won't let me... All of my voodoo games >seem to have problems with locking after I installed dx7. HELP. >> I have 2 Voodoo 2 SLI and DX7a should cure your problem. >> Bob >> > Hi all, >> > I'm having lock-up problems with GPL and the lastest voodoo2 drivers
for >> > dx7; The game runs fine for about 1-2 minutes, but then the screen >> > freezes, but it sounds like the game continues to run. I also seem to >> > have this problem with other games. Is it that the new V2 drivers and >> > dx7 just don't get along? I never had this with dx6.1, etc. I hope the >> > only option isn't a re-format of my harddrive to rid myself of dx7. >> > Thanks in advance.
Randy 12 Mar 2000 17:33 UTC#287473
As far as the device manager questions goes, 3DFX says you don't have to update both but I always do, certainly can't hurt. The one fix that worked for me when I had the freezing problem in GPL was to reduce the number of sounds played. On Sat, 11 Mar 2000 18:03:02 GMT, Mark <[email hidden]> wrote:
Quoted text (25 lines)>Thanks for your help, but I still get these lock-ups on GPL and most of my >games that can use the glide drivers. I upgraded to dx7a, and the same screen >freezing happens about 2-3 minutes into racing. Let me ask you this:according >to the device mgr., one voodoo has the updated (I believe it's the 1-27-2000 >dated driver for dx7), while the other has an older version. Should I update >the second? From what I remember, it won't let me... All of my voodoo games >seem to have problems with locking after I installed dx7. HELP. > >R A Wright wrote: > >> I have 2 Voodoo 2 SLI and DX7a should cure your problem. >> >> Bob >> Mark <[email hidden]> wrote in message >> news:[email hidden]... >> > Hi all, >> > >> > I'm having lock-up problems with GPL and the lastest voodoo2 drivers for >> > dx7; The game runs fine for about 1-2 minutes, but then the screen >> > freezes, but it sounds like the game continues to run. I also seem to >> > have this problem with other games. Is it that the new V2 drivers and >> > dx7 just don't get along? I never had this with dx6.1, etc. I hope the >> > only option isn't a re-format of my harddrive to rid myself of dx7. >> > Thanks in advance. >> >
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