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Re: Creative TNT2 Ultra + NT 4 + Detonator 2.08 = lockup

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From: Simon Moore
Date: Sun, 03 Oct 1999 00:00
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How the %$^& did u get everythin workin? i created 98 partition d/l SP4 n 5
then created an NT partition. on installing NT it formatted the 98
partition. i'm usin a vertually identical system apart from 366 celerons
clocked to 550. . for the moment i'm usin 98 but this makes 1 cpu redundent.
any answers would be greatfully recieved.

Simon

xic0 <xic0@home.com> wrote in message
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> you have to use the win nt drivers cause the others use directx and win nt
> doesnt support directx u'll have to till win 2000 for directx supp in
winnt
>
> --
> "There is no GOD for i am here"
> xic0@home.com
> Gord Peters <jtear@_REMOVETHIS_home.com> wrote in message
> news:qHZH3.6196$oJ1.201577@news1.rdc1.ab.home.com...
> > I have a Creative 3D Blaster TNT2 Ultra in a dual celeron system running
> > Windows NT 4.0 (Service pack 5).  Everything works fine with the
Creative
> > drivers, but if I install the Nvidia Detonator 2.08 drivers, any game I
> try
> > will lockup as soon as it starts up (or very soon thereafter).  Quake 2
&
> 3,
> > Unreal, Half-Life... none work.
> >
> > I'd gladly use the Creative Labs Windows NT drivers if they weren't so
out
> > of date (ie. if Creative ever updated them... hint hint).  I have
compared
> > the performance of my setup running the Creative drivers to a friend
with
> > and equivalent setup (only difference is that he has a Xentor TNT2
Ultra)
> > running the Detonator drivers, and let's just say that mine doesn't even
> > come close.  In Quake 2 and 3, he averages about 15fps higher in all
> > resolutions, with the lower resolutions (ie. 640x480) he's getting about
> > 40fps higher than mine (my performance with the Creative drivers seems
to
> be
> > capped -- I get no performance gain dropping from 800x600 to 640x480 at
> > all).
> >
> > Here's my setup:
> >
> > ABit BP6 Motherboard
> > Dual Celeron 333 overclocked to 440 (5x88MHz)
> > [Yes, I did drop the CPU speed back to the default to see if that was
the
> > problem -- no, it wasn't.]
> > Creative Labs 3D Blaster TNT2 Ultra
> > 3Com 3C905 PCI network card
> > Sound Blaster Live Value
> > IBM UDMA 66 Hard Drive
> > Windows NT Workstation 4.0 (service pack 5)
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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From: "Simon Moore" <Liquidkooled@btinternet.com>
Subject: Re: Creative TNT2 Ultra + NT 4 + Detonator 2.08 = lockup
Date: 1999/10/03
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