9700 pro and Porsche Unleashed problem

Hi, I've just replaced my Voodoo3 with a 9700 pro and find that most older games can be coaxed into running on it. However, NFSPU won't co-operate. It runs but slowly and in almost a slide-show fashion. I need some tips please, from anyone who has got these 2 working together. -- Doug

I have NFS:PU running under XP Pro, Cat 3.1 drivers (just haven't tried 3.2 yet), DX9.0. Nothing special was done either :-( Maybe try turning off Triple Buffering in the 3Dsetup program. I had it off, but I don't think it'll make a difference. Jason. "doug.d" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3ea062f7$0$[email hidden]... > Hi, > I've just replaced my Voodoo3 with a 9700 pro and find that most oldergames

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> can be coaxed into running on it. However, NFSPU won't co-operate. It runs > but slowly and in almost a slide-show fashion. > > I need some tips please, from anyone who has got these 2 working together. > > -- > > Doug > >

> I've just replaced my Voodoo3 with a 9700 pro and find that most older games > can be coaxed into running on it. However, NFSPU won't co-operate. It runs > but slowly and in almost a slide-show fashion. > > I need some tips please, from anyone who has got these 2 working together. You need to run 3d-setup again. It's probable that the game defaulted to software render mode when it no longer saw the previous card that was selected by 3d-setup.

Tried running 3Dsetup, no difference. For some reason it seems not to be accessing the Dx7 driver. -- Doug "Jeff Reid" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:mI4oa.10443$X44.7600@fed1read07... > > I've just replaced my Voodoo3 with a 9700 pro and find that most older games > > can be coaxed into running on it. However, NFSPU won't co-operate. It runs > > but slowly and in almost a slide-show fashion. > > > > I need some tips please, from anyone who has got these 2 working together. > > You need to run 3d-setup again. It's probable that the game defaulted to > software render mode when it no longer saw the previous card that was > selected by 3d-setup. >

I tried NFS Unleashed Demo on my Radeon 9700 Pro Works great with 1600x1200x16 everyting High detail.. That MB Truck Racing (Zolder) fine works to The Last Time these two games works fine was 3 years ago with GF2MX !! doug.d heeft geschreven in bericht <3ea062f7$0$[email hidden]>... >Hi, >I've just replaced my Voodoo3 with a 9700 pro and find that most oldergames

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>can be coaxed into running on it. However, NFSPU won't co-operate. It runs >but slowly and in almost a slide-show fashion. > >I need some tips please, from anyone who has got these 2 working together. > >-- > >Doug > >

Make sure NFSPU is updated to version 3.5. Just do a google search to find the file. I'm running a 9700, winXP, and dx8.1 Sean "doug.d" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3ea062f7$0$[email hidden]... > Hi, > I've just replaced my Voodoo3 with a 9700 pro and find that most oldergames

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> can be coaxed into running on it. However, NFSPU won't co-operate. It runs > but slowly and in almost a slide-show fashion. > > I need some tips please, from anyone who has got these 2 working together. > > -- > > Doug > >

Was already 3.5. Also XP Pro, and Dx8.1. I'm kinda baffled. -- Doug "Four furry fiends" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:b7rrph$5bt$[email hidden]... > Make sure NFSPU is updated to version 3.5. Just do a google search to find > the file. I'm running a 9700, winXP, and dx8.1 > > Sean > > "doug.d" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:3ea062f7$0$[email hidden]... > > Hi, > > I've just replaced my Voodoo3 with a 9700 pro and find that most older > games > > can be coaxed into running on it. However, NFSPU won't co-operate. It runs > > but slowly and in almost a slide-show fashion. > > > > I need some tips please, from anyone who has got these 2 working together. > > > > -- > > > > Doug > > > > > >

Not sure what else to tell you. It's working well for me... You said you ran 3Dsetup, are all of the settings in the in-game menu correct for your machine? Sean "doug.d" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3ea1ab0b$0$[email hidden]...

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> Was already 3.5. Also XP Pro, and Dx8.1. I'm kinda baffled. > > -- > > Doug > "Four furry fiends" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:b7rrph$5bt$[email hidden]... > > Make sure NFSPU is updated to version 3.5. Just do a google search to > find > > the file. I'm running a 9700, winXP, and dx8.1 > > > > Sean > > > > "doug.d" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:3ea062f7$0$[email hidden]... > > > Hi, > > > I've just replaced my Voodoo3 with a 9700 pro and find that most older > > games > > > can be coaxed into running on it. However, NFSPU won't co-operate. It > runs > > > but slowly and in almost a slide-show fashion. > > > > > > I need some tips please, from anyone who has got these 2 working > together. > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Doug > > > > > > > > > > > >

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>> > >> > I need some tips please, from anyone who has got these 2 working > together. >> > >> > -- >> > >> > Doug >> > >

I don't have PU(well I have a nifty demo disc with Mario Andretti's old CART Lola packaged with it..but I've never opened it!!!) But have you tried completely removing PU and re-installing? dave henrie

From way back I saved this item. Give it a try: "At the end of your short cut on the desk top "c:\program files\electronic arts\need forspeed-porsche2000\porsche.exe" put it at the end driver=dx7z. then you should get 32 bit options. After this use the desktop shortcut to run the game (or change your startmenu item to match)" rms

I suspected my copy of the game so I bought another copy today (cheap now). Works fine now, thanks. Had a tough time copying my data to the new game, the glitch kept coming with. Sorted eventually by uninstalling and re-installing in same directory so I kept my files and got a new file which replaced the corrupt file, although I still don't know which one it was. -- Doug "Roger Squires" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:w8yoa.27$[email hidden]... > From way back I saved this item. Give it a try: > > "At the end of your short cut on the desk top "c:\program files\electronic > arts\need forspeed-porsche2000\porsche.exe" put it at the end driver=dx7z. > then you should get 32 bit options. After this use the desktop shortcut to > run the game (or change your startmenu item to match)" > > rms > >

PU on my XP system required a compatiblity switch under XP, run as win98. Allocates too much VM if it runs under 2000 or XP. G "Four furry fiends" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:b7st50$lmd$[email hidden]...

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> Not sure what else to tell you. It's working well for me... You said you > ran 3Dsetup, are all of the settings in the in-game menu correct for your > machine? > > Sean > > "doug.d" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:3ea1ab0b$0$[email hidden]... > > Was already 3.5. Also XP Pro, and Dx8.1. I'm kinda baffled. > > > > -- > > > > Doug > > "Four furry fiends" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:b7rrph$5bt$[email hidden]... > > > Make sure NFSPU is updated to version 3.5. Just do a google search to > > find > > > the file. I'm running a 9700, winXP, and dx8.1 > > > > > > Sean > > > > > > "doug.d" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > > news:3ea062f7$0$[email hidden]... > > > > Hi, > > > > I've just replaced my Voodoo3 with a 9700 pro and find that most

older > > > games > > > > can be coaxed into running on it. However, NFSPU won't co-operate.It

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> > runs > > > > but slowly and in almost a slide-show fashion. > > > > > > > > I need some tips please, from anyone who has got these 2 working > > together. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > Doug > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >