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Started by Ladyhawk
Sun, 16 May 1999 00:00
3Dfx Drivers are S-L-O-W for Q3A...Am I the Only One Noticing?
Author: Ladyhawk
Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 00:00
Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 00:00
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Hi, I downloaded the Q3A compatible drivers for 3Dfx to try out Quake 3 Arena. I reinstalled my old Diamond Monster 3D II drivers on top of it, thinking that all the game needed was the mini GL port that will work with Q3 and it wouldn't be overwritten by the old drivers. I did this because my benchmarks were MUCH slower in Unreal than they had been with the other drivers and because there were also "artifacts" in Unreal using the new drivers. Anyway, after I installed the Diamond Drivers, Q3A still worked, but boy, is it ever S-L-O-W. It's amazing to me that engines like Unreal and Half Life run silky smooth on my machine at 1024 X 768, but Q3A Test is so very slow and doesn't have near the graphics complexity of Unreal or Half-Life. I bet I was only getting about 20 FPS on a PII 450 with 2 Voodoo 2 cards in SLI (didn't run a timedemo, but it was jerky, even at 640X480). I realize that Q3A is just a test, but is 3Dfx ever going to release an Open GL ICD for 3Dfx cards? The mini GL drivers for Quake and Quake 2 and Half-Life work great. Can 3Dfx at least create a mini GL driver that will work decently with Q3? Is this just something I'm seeing because of my installation and reinstallation of drivers (in other words, did I screw something up?), or is everyone getting piss-poor framerates with their 3Dfx cards on the Q3A test? Ladyhawk Ladyhawk *************************************************** My sole reason for living is to collect enough AOL CD's for a skeet-shooting session. *************************************************** Ladyhawk, Sexy IRC Babe / Kick-Ass Descent Player Ladyhawk's Aerie: http://home.inreach.com/ladyhawk/ Configuring the Sidewinder 3D Pro for Descent: http://home.inreach.com/ladyhawk/SW3DPROD.htm Ladyhawk's ICQ Number: 2303996 (Internet E-Mail Preferred)
Re: 3Dfx Drivers are S-L-O-W for Q3A...Am I the Only One Noticing?
Author: HappyDude
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 00:00
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 00:00
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1. The Q3test 3Dfx Driver Kits came with a ICD GL driver if you didnt know, the file is named 3dfxogl.dll. 2. My CL voodoo banshee runs Q3test fine on my computer (I am also a 200mxx Pentium) 3. Try putting the 3dfxvgl.dll in ur Q3test dir and rename it opengl32.dll 4. Good Luck. -- Eric a.k.a. HappyDude[AGQ2] Happy Fraging =-) ICQ # 25747249 AOL IM: HDEM4 ================================================ If you really want to spam me remove CHRONIC from "ericross@CHRONICearthlink.net" or be a dick and email me @ "dick_boy_@hotmail.com" ================================================ A Quake page http://www.planetquake.com A Half-life page http://www.planethalflife.com "i am evil homer i am evil homer" - Simpsons, Homer --
Re: 3Dfx Drivers are S-L-O-W for Q3A...Am I the Only One Noticing?
Author: Nigel Tsang
Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 00:00
Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 00:00
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Just put the 3dfxvgl.dll in and there's no need to rename it. As for half life, I constantly get a ping of over 500 on TFC and that is really annoying for a sniper so I have to change to one of the attackers which I don't like. Quake3 though, I got a ping of 200 and never over 250 last night and the server had about 8 on, it was running alright. I'm on a P233MMX by the way. -- From Nigel Tsang ntsang@eidosnet.co.uk HappyDude <ericross@CHRONICearthlink.net> wrote in message news:7hleu4$dd$1@ash.prod.itd.earthlink.net... > 1. The Q3test 3Dfx Driver Kits came with a ICD GL driver if you didnt know, > the file is named 3dfxogl.dll. > 2. My CL voodoo banshee runs Q3test fine on my computer (I am also a 200mxx > Pentium) > 3. Try putting the 3dfxvgl.dll in ur Q3test dir and rename it opengl32.dll > 4. Good Luck. > > -- > Eric a.k.a. HappyDude[AGQ2] > > Happy Fraging =-) > > ICQ # 25747249 > AOL IM: HDEM4 > > ================================================ > If you really want to spam me remove CHRONIC > from "ericross@CHRONICearthlink.net" or be a > dick and email me @ "dick_boy_@hotmail.com" > ================================================ > > A Quake page > http://www.planetquake.com > > A Half-life page > http://www.planethalflife.com > > "i am evil homer i am evil homer" > - Simpsons, Homer > > -- > > > >
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