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Re: Problem running Quake 3 Arena Demo on Radeon 9000 on Windows NT

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From: baglicker
Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2002 02:53
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Maybe your card is using the wrong default monitor in ATI's config under NT?
Is there an option under display properties?  Do other OpenGL games work?

"Roger Templeton" <roger@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Hi everybody,
>
> can somebody help me out? I googled a lot but found no solution.
>
> PROBLEM:
>
> I want to run Quake 3 Arena Demo on Windows NT.
> I have a Radon 9000 Atlantis made by Sapphire (sapphiretech.com).
>
> MORE INFORMATION:
>
> It seems that the OpenGL driver does not work properly.
> Other applications like Moray (www.stmuc.com/moray), when used in OpenGL
mode,
> don't work too.
>
> Q3A simply displays a black screen. I am able to use the mouse and
> hear the intro sound, so the game is functional but simply does not
> display anything.
>
> Surprisingly, the OpenGL Screensavers that come with WinNT, work.
>
> Here are some of my installed DLL versions:
>
> ati2mtag.sys    4.3.4034
> ati2dvag.dll    4.3.4034
> opengl32.dll    4.00  (size is 684 KB, apparently delievered with WinNT 4
Workstation)
>
> Control Panel/Display/ATI Options says
> CATALYST Version  02.2
> 2D Version        4.3.4034
> Packaging Version 7.76-020815b-005590C-ATI
>
> HELP REQUEST:
>
> Apparently, this is a OpenGL Driver problem with the ATI Radeon 9000 chip.
> Q3A cooperates well (= runs properly) with my hardware on WinXP, Win95,
Win98.
> Please don't ask me to refrain from using NT - I just want to make Q3A run
> on WinNT since it is said to be possible.
>
> Anyone who succeeded in doing that?
>
> Any help is appreciated, thank you.
>
> Roger
>
>
>
>
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