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Article #31Re: Monster Voodoo Problem
From: Gareth Richards
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 00:00
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 00:00
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You could help by running another OpenGL application. If similar problems occur, it's the card/setup to blame. If they work fine, then it's Quake. Try it, and get back to us. Matt Williams <Matt-Williams@home.com> wrote in message news:5Uyd3.23531$%U.5263@news.rdc1.wa.home.com... > Is your refresh rate set too slow maybe? Are you using any commands in the > console such as gl_round_down 0, gl_picmip 1, or gl_playermip 1? These any > a few common commands that might speed up performance on 3dfx Voodoo1 cards > but cause textures to become either blurred more or to lose even more > detail. You could try entering gl_round_down 1, gl_picmip 0, and > gl_playermip 0 into the console, but I doubt that is the problem. Have you > tried contacting costumer support at Diamond? They would most likely be > able to help you out. > > One more thing, it could be your hook up / by-pass video connector. Maybe > it's not connected fully with your primary video card? > > Matt > > <nidhal@cwix.com> wrote in message news:7l649s$uvu$1@nnrp1.deja.com... > > I'm having a lot of problems running GLQuake on my Monster Voodoo (the > > first one). The first problem is that GLQuake keeps locking up and > > looping the same audio over and over. I have to do a Ctrl+Alt+Delete > > to get it to shut down. The other thing that also happens (though not > > at the same time) is that my screen gets real fuzzy, as if someone took > > a hammer to my monitor all of a sudden and knocked the picture askew. > > It ranges from kind of fuzzy (where I can't read text) to very fuzzy > > (where all I see are polygon shapes). Someone suggested that maybe my > > card was overheating. I have tried playing with the case off and a fan > > pointed inside my case but it seems to lock up even more quickly then. > > Anybody got any ideas on what to do? I'm running the latest drivers (I > > think- GL 0.98). I used to have GLQuake installed on this computer > > before with this same configuration with no problems. Is it possible > > my card has just gone bad? Does that ever happen? > > > > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > > Share what you know. Learn what you don't. > >
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