GPL and voodoo 5

At the moment i use d3d for GPL as for some reason i cant get it to run in glide despite having the latest glide patch. I have used voodoo but performance doesnt seem quits as good. I only have a PIII 500 and would like other peoples opinions on what is best for all round performance.Ive heard glide is meant to be better for frame rate but like i say it doesnt seem to run on this, i get to first screen but cursor disappears. What voodoo drivers do you recommend for GPL and where can i find them. thanks in advance Kev Barnes

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> At the moment i use d3d for GPL as for some reason i cant get it to run in > glide despite having the latest glide patch. I have used voodoo but > performance doesnt seem quits as good. I only have a PIII 500 and would like > other peoples opinions on what is best for all round performance.Ive heard > glide is meant to be better for frame rate but like i say it doesnt seem to > run on this, i get to first screen but cursor disappears. What voodoo > drivers do you recommend for GPL and where can i find them. > thanks in advance > Kev Barnes

The latest drivers I have are beta8 (unofficial) which were reported to be for the still-born voodoo6 and gave a significant performance boost. They seem to work well with GPL and a similar spec machine with the GPL glide driver. Not sure where to get them now though - if you can't get hold of them let me know. Cheers Tony

ive found some beta 7 drivers(at 3dfx)but no sign of beta 8 drivers, anyone know where i can get these Thanks "Tony Rickard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Ar2N9.97$[email hidden]... > "Kevin Barnes" wrote: > > > At the moment i use d3d for GPL as for some reason i cant get it to runin > > glide despite having the latest glide patch. I have used voodoo but > > performance doesnt seem quits as good. I only have a PIII 500 and wouldlike > > other peoples opinions on what is best for all round performance.Iveheard > > glide is meant to be better for frame rate but like i say it doesnt seemto > > run on this, i get to first screen but cursor disappears. What voodoo > > drivers do you recommend for GPL and where can i find them. > > thanks in advance > > Kev Barnes > > The latest drivers I have are beta8 (unofficial) which were reported to befor > the still-born voodoo6 and gave a significant performance boost. > > They seem to work well with GPL and a similar spec machine with the GPLglide > driver. > > Not sure where to get them now though - if you can't get hold of them letme

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> know. > > Cheers > > Tony > >

by the way i am on windows 98, ive tied the beta 7 drivers but all iget is a black screen in glide and as for voodoo i get lots of blocks on the screen when i move cursor. i really would like to give glide a try but dont seem to have any luck with it "Kevin Barnes" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:c33N9.1206$[email hidden]... > ive found some beta 7 drivers(at 3dfx)but no sign of beta 8 drivers,anyone

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> know where i can get these > Thanks > "Tony Rickard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:Ar2N9.97$[email hidden]... > > "Kevin Barnes" wrote: > > > > > At the moment i use d3d for GPL as for some reason i cant get it to

run > in > > > glide despite having the latest glide patch. I have used voodoo but > > > performance doesnt seem quits as good. I only have a PIII 500 andwould > like > > > other peoples opinions on what is best for all round performance.Ive > heard > > > glide is meant to be better for frame rate but like i say it doesntseem

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> to > > > run on this, i get to first screen but cursor disappears. What voodoo > > > drivers do you recommend for GPL and where can i find them. > > > thanks in advance > > > Kev Barnes > > > > The latest drivers I have are beta8 (unofficial) which were reported to

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> for > > the still-born voodoo6 and gave a significant performance boost. > > > > They seem to work well with GPL and a similar spec machine with the GPL > glide > > driver. > > > > Not sure where to get them now though - if you can't get hold of them

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> me > > know. > > > > Cheers > > > > Tony > > > > > >

"Kevin Barnes" wrote: > ive found some beta 7 drivers(at 3dfx)but no sign of beta 8 drivers, anyone > know where i can get these > Thanks I've copied them here: http://www.baldrick.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/downloads/beta8.zip Tony

Kevin, Keep trying; it's worth whatever you have to do. GPL never looked so good as when it was running under Glide. Not in D3d and certainly not under OpenGL (altho OpenGL *is* fast!). FWIW, I found some earlier drivers that worked better than the newer ones. If nothing else obtains, I might be able to find the exact release info. --Steve Smith "Kevin Barnes" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Nj3N9.729$[email hidden]... > by the way i am on windows 98, ive tied the beta 7 drivers but all iget isa > black screen in glide and as for voodoo i get lots of blocks on the screen > when i move cursor. i really would like to give glide a try but dont seemto

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> have any luck with it > "Kevin Barnes" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:c33N9.1206$[email hidden]... > > ive found some beta 7 drivers(at 3dfx)but no sign of beta 8 drivers, > anyone > > know where i can get these > > Thanks > > "Tony Rickard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:Ar2N9.97$[email hidden]... > > > "Kevin Barnes" wrote: > > > > > > > At the moment i use d3d for GPL as for some reason i cant get it to > run > > in > > > > glide despite having the latest glide patch. I have used voodoo but > > > > performance doesnt seem quits as good. I only have a PIII 500 and > would > > like > > > > other peoples opinions on what is best for all round performance.Ive > > heard > > > > glide is meant to be better for frame rate but like i say it doesnt > seem > > to > > > > run on this, i get to first screen but cursor disappears. What

voodoo > > > > drivers do you recommend for GPL and where can i find them. > > > > thanks in advance > > > > Kev Barnes > > > > > > The latest drivers I have are beta8 (unofficial) which were reportedto > be > > for > > > the still-born voodoo6 and gave a significant performance boost. > > > > > > They seem to work well with GPL and a similar spec machine with theGPL

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> > glide > > > driver. > > > > > > Not sure where to get them now though - if you can't get hold of them > let > > me > > > know. > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > Tony > > > > > > > > > > > >

check: www.voodoofiles.com Michael "Tony Rickard" <[email hidden]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:Q24N9.227$[email hidden]... > "Kevin Barnes" wrote: > > ive found some beta 7 drivers(at 3dfx)but no sign of beta 8 drivers,anyone

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> > know where i can get these > > Thanks > > I've copied them here: > > http://www.baldrick.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/downloads/beta8.zip > > Tony > >

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Kevin, I think the drivers I preferred were the V4/5 98/ME beta 1.04.01s, avail on the site Michael lists below. --Steve "Steve Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:uH4N9.95637$[email hidden]... > Kevin, > > Keep trying; it's worth whatever you have to do. GPL never looked so good > as when it was running under Glide. Not in D3d and certainly not under > OpenGL (altho OpenGL *is* fast!). FWIW, I found some earlier drivers that > worked better than the newer ones. If nothing else obtains, I might beable

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> to find the exact release info. > > --Steve Smith > > "Kevin Barnes" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:Nj3N9.729$[email hidden]... > > by the way i am on windows 98, ive tied the beta 7 drivers but all iget

is > a > > black screen in glide and as for voodoo i get lots of blocks on thescreen > > when i move cursor. i really would like to give glide a try but dontseem

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> to > > have any luck with it > > "Kevin Barnes" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:c33N9.1206$[email hidden]... > > > ive found some beta 7 drivers(at 3dfx)but no sign of beta 8 drivers, > > anyone > > > know where i can get these > > > Thanks > > > "Tony Rickard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > > news:Ar2N9.97$[email hidden]... > > > > "Kevin Barnes" wrote: > > > > > > > > > At the moment i use d3d for GPL as for some reason i cant get it

to > > run > > > in > > > > > glide despite having the latest glide patch. I have used voodoobut > > > > > performance doesnt seem quits as good. I only have a PIII 500 and > > would > > > like > > > > > other peoples opinions on what is best for all roundperformance.Ive > > > heard > > > > > glide is meant to be better for frame rate but like i say itdoesnt

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> > seem > > > to > > > > > run on this, i get to first screen but cursor disappears. What > voodoo > > > > > drivers do you recommend for GPL and where can i find them. > > > > > thanks in advance > > > > > Kev Barnes > > > > > > > > The latest drivers I have are beta8 (unofficial) which were reported > to > > be > > > for > > > > the still-born voodoo6 and gave a significant performance boost. > > > > > > > > They seem to work well with GPL and a similar spec machine with the > GPL > > > glide > > > > driver. > > > > > > > > Not sure where to get them now though - if you can't get hold of

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> > let > > > me > > > > know. > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > > > Tony > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

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> The latest drivers I have are beta8 (unofficial) which were reported > to be for the still-born voodoo6 and gave a significant performance boost. > > They seem to work well with GPL and a similar spec machine with the > GPL glide driver. > > Not sure where to get them now though - if you can't get hold of them > let me know. > > Cheers > Tony

When will I learn? Everything working fine, I read this and rush to install the beta8 drivers. Now 1600 resolution is all screwed up, and I get a failure window every time I close GPL. GPL caused an invalid page fault in module USER32.DLL at 015f:bff558ba. Don McCorkle

"Kevin Barnes" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<Nj3N9.729$[email hidden]>... > by the way i am on windows 98, ive tied the beta 7 drivers but all iget is a > black screen in glide and as for voodoo i get lots of blocks on the screen > when i move cursor. i really would like to give glide a try but dont seem to > have any luck with it I used to have a V5, and ran it under 98. The best set of drivers I ever had was the Amigamerlin driver set. Compatible with all my games (and I've got a *lot* of them), fast and good looking. Can't comment on GPL Glide though - I switched to D3D because of some of the add-ons at the time. Let me know if you can't track them down - I've got a copy somewhere. I gave it to my brother with a PIII-866 PC for Xmas (dumb mistake - I miss that card!), and built it up using XP. Can't remember what drivers I used there, though. HTH, Kendt Another V5 tip - update the BIOS to the latest version - IIRC it gave a big boost to 2xFSAA framerates, and a few other improvements. I'll hunt down the instructions for that too if you're interested.