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video card prob... // CommunitykahFeb 15, 2001, 10:50am
Yesterday, I upgraded to AW version 3.1 (I just COULDN'T resist!!), even if
I knew I've had problems with AW 3.0 and used 2.2 instead. Now, my problem is, that for some reason, the browser doesn't render textures. I have all the hardware-requirements, my card supports both Direct3D and DirectDraw, has got 4MB RAM (ok, that's bad) and works fine with all other things (except some 3dFx stuff). It's an STB Nitro 3D from 1997, and there are NO new drivers (DOH!), chipset is S3 ViRGE (looked at Mauz's overview of vid cards, should work). I use 16-bit colors and 1024 x 768 resolution. Could somebody tell me how I could get it to render textures (it doesn't give me any error messages) ? KAH PS. I guess that I'll better buy a voodo 5 card soon... casayFeb 15, 2001, 12:00pm
kahFeb 15, 2001, 12:05pm
well, I knew of the prob and installed 3.1 on another harddisk...I'll try
that anyway KAH [View Quote] nova n@n.comFeb 15, 2001, 1:13pm
Try dropping your res one notch to like 960 x 720.
Give your chat log window more room ie make it bigger and shrink the 3d window. and vapeing the cache may not be a bad idea as you could have coruption. Something i do my self is after every 3 updates i uninstall and reinstall aw giveing me a cleaner update. (dont think that will help with the texture prob is just a tip to keep things clean) i know your card should work as a freind of mine has a lt with 3.1 on it and it has a ati based 2 megger vid sys on it and she gets a tad better performance in 3.0 3.1 than she did with 2.2 go figure :) .. Also another thing to try is running aw at less than maxxed i can up my frame rate by like .1 or .2 frames a sec by just running in a less than maxxed state even though i stretch it out to what is basicly maxxed why it works im not sure but it does [View Quote] kahFeb 15, 2001, 3:00pm
deleting the cache didn't work...anyway, I installed AW 3.1 esle that where
2.2 is. I think that I don't have that 960 x 720 and i don't want a 800 x 600 resolution, that's too low. well, I've been in contact with a local retailer, I guess that I'll buy VOOODOO5 pretty soon... I'll check if I have that other res. KAH PS. soon to come in KAH Town: KAH Town Bank [View Quote] dzapFeb 15, 2001, 3:23pm
"kah" <hiorth at sensewave.com> skrev i meddelandet
news:3a8c0b13 at server1.Activeworlds.com... > deleting the cache didn't work...anyway, I installed AW 3.1 esle that where > 2.2 is. I think that I don't have that 960 x 720 and i don't want a 800 x > 600 resolution, that's too low. well, I've been in contact with a local > retailer, I guess that I'll buy VOOODOO5 pretty soon... > I'll check if I have that other res. > > KAH > PS. soon to come in KAH Town: KAH Town Bank You should not buy a Voodoo 5 since 3dfx has gone belly up, well they have been bought by nVidia, makers of GeForce. An era has come to an end... (I know this is not really news. It happened in December) dZap andrasFeb 15, 2001, 4:41pm
I wouldn't buy it either (since I bought one already). I did not find ANY app yet which uses both videoprocessors.
Andras [View Quote] kahFeb 15, 2001, 5:43pm
aasmund1Feb 15, 2001, 5:46pm
wingFeb 15, 2001, 6:30pm
GeForce cards are CHEAP now. GeForce II MX cards are pricy, and better
GeForce II cards are mad expensive. ATI has another chipset that beats the ass off of GeForce II MX in 32bit color mode but I forget what it's called. -- Wing This little spot is dedicated to my girl, Jessie. She paints her nails, and she dont know, he's got her best friend on the phone, She'll wash her hair, his dirty clothes, for all he gives to her. And he's got posters on the wall Of all the girls he wish she was, and he means everything to her. Her boyfriend, he dont know, Anything, about her... She's just the flavor of the week. AW Citizen 305004 "Wing" bathgate at prodigy.net eyemwing at teleport.com ICQ #101207433 [View Quote] nova n@n.comFeb 15, 2001, 7:20pm
every app i have uses both if you set it to single chip only it wont but
other wise it does and id still buy it today 3dfx or no 3dfx when they released the card they had no idea they would soon have to close down and they warentyed it for life so i figure that they tested the heck out of it when they said life time warenty. [View Quote] nova n@n.comFeb 15, 2001, 7:23pm
im with kah i to would still buy the voodoo 5 5500
but for my next card i will get a ati radeon aiw if they have it in 64 meg ver i think they do now but not sure. and the only reason id get it as my next crd is cause i already have the v 5 5500 [View Quote] dzapFeb 15, 2001, 9:29pm
The biggest issue with "obsolete" hardware is drivers. I don't believe
nVidia will assign major resources in developing better drivers for Voodoo cards. "nova" <n at n.com> skrev i meddelandet news:3a8c4838$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com... > every app i have uses both if you set it to single chip only it wont but > other wise it does and id still buy it today 3dfx or no 3dfx when they > released the card they had no idea they would soon have to close down and > they warentyed it for life so i figure that they tested the heck out of it > when they said life time warenty. [View Quote] wingFeb 15, 2001, 10:31pm
*avoids explaining* It's cool, that's all you need to know.
-- Wing This little spot is dedicated to my girl, Jessie. She paints her nails, and she dont know, he's got her best friend on the phone, She'll wash her hair, his dirty clothes, for all he gives to her. And he's got posters on the wall Of all the girls he wish she was, and he means everything to her. Her boyfriend, he dont know, Anything, about her... She's just the flavor of the week. AW Citizen 305004 "Wing" bathgate at prodigy.net eyemwing at teleport.com ICQ #101207433 [View Quote] foxmccloudFeb 20, 2001, 6:02am
Transform & Lighting, a technology used on nVidia chips to accelerate image
rendering and calculations - so basically, it's the same, just faster to calculate lights, rotations etc... Fox Mc Cloud "kah" <hiorth at sensewave.com> a écrit dans le message news: 3a8c4ff0 at server1.Activeworlds.com... > T&L? > > KAH [View Quote] |
