I am at my wit's end. I've gone thru 3 different Voodoo2 cards and
continue to get the same damn problem with GPL: Every category of
graphics that has "texture on" gets blacked out during the game. If I
want the track texture on, the whole track blacks out in splotches,
lines and swaths of black. Same thing with terrain, objects, etc., etc.
First I thought I needed more power, so bought a second creative labs
8mb V2 card and had 16 mbs of V2 power...same result. I tried a Thriller
but it kept locking up and was inferior for a primary 2D card than my
Matrox primary 2D. Then I found an old 4 mb Diamond Monster 3D (circa
1997) and tried it, works great and looks great but it's not enough
power and I can only get anywhere from 18 fps to 26 fps rates (depending
on # of cars, graphics, etc.) which is just not good enough. So I
returned everything else and bought a new Diamond Monster 3D II card
with V2 technology...and the same damn "black outs" occur.
I have a Dell PII 300 overclocked in excess of 345 with 64 mb ram and
Yamaha integrated sound. Has anybody else had this problem? I'm at my
wit's end. Please tell me if there is some kind of fix, like a setting
change or perhaps different drivers (although the drivers that came with
the cards should all be up to date).
I've gone thru 5 different cards (4 3Dfx and 1 Rendition based) and
nothing is working satisfactorily, and I'm DYING to run GPL! For now
I'll just use the 4mb Monster3D but it's much too slow. I haven't
returned the new 8 mb Monster 3D II but if I can't get 3Dfx to work I'll
have to soon. Thanks for any help!
Pulling my hair out,
Stephen B.
(email responses quite appreciated)
Stevo wrote in
You need Glide 2.53 for GPL.. Previous drivers had that problem (black
spots about everywhere).
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Some things you might want to try is running at normal clocked speeds and
see if that makes a difference. Also 3dfx released some new drivers just
recently (a couple days ago?) so you might want to give those a shot as
well.
Your cards could also be overheating too. Good luck!
Well, I hate to rain on your parade, but it could be the fact that you
overclocked that motha to the fullest! If you've changed the bus speed at
all the V2 (or any other PCI or AGP device) may just not like the internal
timing. This can also happen (the graphical "artifacts".. ) if you've over
clocked the actual V2 board. Try under clocking just a notch (or better yet,
for testing purposes, return it to normal) and see if it works. Just a
thought...
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