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Article #734Re: Creative TNT2 Ultra + NT 4 + Detonator 2.08 = lockup
From: Simon Moore
Date: Sun, 03 Oct 1999 00:00
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 news:WpWI3.11592$3T.113531@news1.rdc1.bc.home.com... > you have to use the win nt drivers cause the others use directx and win nt > doesnt support directx u'll have to till win 2000 for directx supp in winnt > > -- > "There is no GOD for i am here" > xic0@home.com > Gord Peters <jtear@_REMOVETHIS_home.com> wrote in message > news:qHZH3.6196$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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