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Article #139Re: Papa Doc! Oh, guru of the Voodoo, grant me wisdom!
From: PAPADOC
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 04:26
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 04:26
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Then you have it setup incorrectly. It runs much better since the patch on my setup. I use the wicked driver exclusively and it runs as fast as a GF3. PAPA DOC > >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 >3cc4e6e9.2246744@news.east.cox.net... >> 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. >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> Pierre PAPA DOC Legrand >> Never Forget Never Forgive September 11, 2001 >> www.papadoc.net >> Maj. Bryan Hilferty, a spokesman for the >> 10th Mountain Division:"If they want to bring in >> more people so we can kill them,We're happy to oblige." > > Pierre PAPA DOC Legrand Never Forget Never Forgive September 11, 2001 www.papadoc.net Maj. Bryan Hilferty, a spokesman for the 10th Mountain Division:"If they want to bring in more people so we can kill them,We're happy to oblige."
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