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Re: Monster Voodoo Problem

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From: Gareth Richards
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
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> 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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From: "Gareth Richards" <gricha@esex.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Monster Voodoo Problem
Date: 1999/06/28
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