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Re: Canopus Pure 3D II

8 posts by 7 people · 14 Mar 2000 - 15 Mar 2000 03:04 UTC

Pete Johnson wrote:
Quoted text (7 lines)> > Has anyone used the Canopus Pure 3DII video cards in nascar 3? I currently > have an ATI Rage Pro Turbo AGP II ww/8megs and Nascar 3 does not run well. > Looking for any advice. Can get the card very cheap and want to try it. > > Thanks, > Pete Johnson
I have one and with the latest drivers it looks fantastic. Make sure you have the fan on the card!
RWDEVW 14 Mar 2000#287362
I have a Canopus 3D II with an older driver and its works great. BTW I was wondering if the 3dfx reference drivers that others are using also work with GPL. I can't get GPL to work with the latest 3D II driver and have not upgraded to a newer driver for a while. Thanks.
Pete Johnso 14 Mar 2000#523013
Has anyone used the Canopus Pure 3DII video cards in nascar 3? I currently have an ATI Rage Pro Turbo AGP II ww/8megs and Nascar 3 does not run well. Looking for any advice. Can get the card very cheap and want to try it. Thanks, Pete Johnson
JDP 14 Mar 2000#523014
I have a similar system : PII-300 - Ati Rage Pro (4Mb) and a canapus 3dfx2 card (12mb + extra fan cooler) Nascar -GPl - Dirt Track racing All run great on it. Not the ultimate in frame rates but at a resolution of 640*480 you can leave a lot of detail on and still get excellent frame rates (30 in gpl) Unfortunately the latest Canopus drivers are a bit behind. So you might try to use the 3dfx reference drivers, if you are using DirectX 7
Doug Schneider 14 Mar 2000 14:27 UTC#287231
I'm running a Matrox G400 with dual Canopus Pure 3DIIs in SLI, using reference drivers from 3dfx, no hacks. Runs N3 and GPL perfectly, no problems. Doug Les Marton wrote:
Quoted text (21 lines)> Pete, > > I've had Canopus P3DII's and the main issue with them is that they are not a > reference design thus you have to hack the registry to modify the timings to > get the reference drivers working correctly. Canopus don't support the board > anymore with drivers, so I would recommend you stay clear of it. There is > good support at http://p3d.clickon.com > if you want to know how to get the P3D working with reference drivers. > > Les. > > Pete Johnson <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:8ilz4.93$[email hidden]... > > Has anyone used the Canopus Pure 3DII video cards in nascar 3? I currently > > have an ATI Rage Pro Turbo AGP II ww/8megs and Nascar 3 does not run well. > > Looking for any advice. Can get the card very cheap and want to try it. > > > > Thanks, > > Pete Johnson > > > >
Mike Laskey 14 Mar 2000 23:33 UTC#287309
Pete Johnson <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8ilz4.93$[email hidden]...
Quoted text (8 lines)> Has anyone used the Canopus Pure 3DII video cards in nascar 3? I currently > have an ATI Rage Pro Turbo AGP II ww/8megs and Nascar 3 does not run well. > Looking for any advice. Can get the card very cheap and want to try it. > > Thanks, > Pete Johnson > >
Yes I have a ATI xpert 98 AGP 2X card + a Canopus Pure 3D II, and have no problems with NASCAR 3 or any other games. I am using DirectX 7, and the official Pure 3D II driver file P3D2W9X14004.exe available from the link I've pasted below. This distribution also includes Glide 3.03. http://www.canopuscorp.com/pure3d2/p3d2_software.htm Although I wouldn't buy the Pure 3d II now for its full retail price, if I didn't already have one, I'd definitely consider buying a cheap one until the Voodoo 4/5 is available. Mike.
Mike Laskey 14 Mar 2000 23:33 UTC#287310
RWDEVW <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I have a Canopus 3D II with an older driver and its works great. BTW I was > wondering if the 3dfx reference drivers that others are using also workwith > GPL. I can't get GPL to work with the latest 3D II driver and have notupgraded > to a newer driver for a while. Thanks. Try putting glide2x.dll from Glide 2.53 into the \sierra\gpl directory. That might help. Mike.
Les Marton 15 Mar 2000 03:04 UTC#287214
Pete, I've had Canopus P3DII's and the main issue with them is that they are not a reference design thus you have to hack the registry to modify the timings to get the reference drivers working correctly. Canopus don't support the board anymore with drivers, so I would recommend you stay clear of it. There is good support at http://p3d.clickon.com if you want to know how to get the P3D working with reference drivers. Les. Pete Johnson <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8ilz4.93$[email hidden]...
Quoted text (8 lines)> Has anyone used the Canopus Pure 3DII video cards in nascar 3? I currently > have an ATI Rage Pro Turbo AGP II ww/8megs and Nascar 3 does not run well. > Looking for any advice. Can get the card very cheap and want to try it. > > Thanks, > Pete Johnson > >

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