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IL2 stutters, runs slow and gives strange results on my V5 (openGL) with the
wicked GL driver. The option DirectX gives a much better result, I only miss
the FSAA badly.

Frits

Athlon XP 1800+, 256 Mb DDR, Win98SE


PAPADOC <PAPADOC@jimbobs.drive.by> schreef in berichtnieuws
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> Hey Jay,
>
> I pretty much keep Hardware Acceleration off as it screws up more than
> it fixes...and Ghost Recon really doesnt like it. I have been so busy
> lately that I only have time for Ghost and a very little bit of iL2
> which I run with the Wicked OpenGL driver
>
> PAPA DOC
>
> >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
> >news:YR3x8.822$mk6.64963@news2.east.cox.net...
> >> 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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