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Article #6Re: Anyone else experiencing problems with K7-600 -G400 and Voodoo2?
From: Jimmy Sledge
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 00:00
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 00:00
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Sounds like the miniport driver to me, or a video problem in general... Definitely not your Althon. I have a similar (not exact) setup as you. I had problems with my reinstall of Half-Life too. But, after a few uninstalls and reinstalls, all is well now. Jimmy TonySeattle <cpugeek@my-deja.com> wrote in message news:7socmr$mca$1@nnrp1.deja.com... > Anyone else experiencing problems with K7-600 -G400 and Voodoo2? > > System stats: > > K7-600 > SD11 Motherboard > 256 megs Toshiba non ECC ram > Matrox G400 32meg Dual Head > SB Live! value > IBM 13.5gig HD x2 Raid > Promise Fasttrack66 UDMA raid card > Sony Supressa CD-R > Afreey 56X CD > Canopus Pure 3D II -Voodoo 2 > Various HD/Card coolers/fans > Digital Doctor temp monitor > Tower Case 300 watt > > Playing TFC online (as DOA).... OpenGL and Direct3D system reboots when > connecting to actual game! The driver name also does not show up.. i.e. > MiniGL or Canopus/Matrox.. etc. > > Considering brining it back for a Viper Ultra or getting the GeForce.... > > What do you think? > > > In article <37e9a676.2891152@news.thezone.net>, > byronm@DELETE.thezone.net (Byron Montgomerie) wrote: > > Between bites of raw squid, "kls" wrote: > > >>If they get a decent minigl out, they they will be up there with > 3dfx > > >>at least. :) What people are complaining about is the speed in > games, > > >>a minigl driver solves that problem. > > > > >Not many p3 & k7 owners(though to say k7 owners is hardly true right > now) are > > >complaining about speed in games. People with current system are > though, > > >which this minigl does not solve the problem for. > > > > That's true, but Matrox hasn't said they won't do a set for other > > cpus, in fact the current one isn't even out yet. I don't think any > > tweaking of OGL will matter once T&L becomes a factor, so I don't > > think it's really about sales, I think it's more about keeping people > > interested in staying with them. > > > > >>>But, of course Matrox is promising a fully operational, high > performance > > >>>OpenGL ICD... as it has promised in the past. DON'T BUY WHAT'S > PROMISED... > > >>>BUY WHAT WORKS!!!! > > > > >>It's not about buying, it's a service for their new G400 customers > to > > >>keep them happy like Creative's glide wrapper. > > > > > >Only to g400 customers with a p3 or k7. > > > > Most of the people on MURC seem to own one or the other. > > > > > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy. >
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