Re: Papa Doc! Oh, guru of the Voodoo, grant me wisdom!

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From: Jay Williams
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 03:26

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I forgot, the bios on the card is 1.06...  Would it improve things for me to
upgrade the bios.  The most recent on the 3dfx underground site is 1.18.
There's also a 1.15
"Jay Williams" <voodoo141@cox.net> wrote in message
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> Since you are the acknowledge expert on the Voodoo card, I thought I would
> seek your advice.
>
> I just updated to the 1.07.00 Beta drivers for the Voodoo 5500 from the
> 1.04.00.  I get a large performance increase using Geometry assist, but
> apparently it fakes out Direct X badly...  I get a failure using Direct X
> 8.1 hardware acceleration using Geometry Assist, which prevents me from
> running Fighter Ace 3 (knew there was a flight sim issue in here
somewhere).
> Probably others as well; it was FA3 where I noticed it first.
>
> Is there something else I should be selecting in the 3dfx Hub in order to
> run Geometry Assist and have direct x 8.1 acceleration work?
>
> BTW,  no, I'm not some deranged 3dfx fan.  I was using this handle back on
> the original warbirds years before 3dfx ever came into existance...  It's
> from my college days at Tulane.  Just a happy coincidence.
>
>

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