GPL and new DX6 Drivers

With the new 3Dfx DX6 drivers, GPL just hangs after about 20 secs. Going back to the older drivers fixes the problem. Anyone else experience this? Iain

On Sat, 17 Oct 1998 07:45:18 +0100, "Iain Mackenzie" >With the new 3Dfx DX6 drivers, GPL just hangs after about 20 secs. Going >back to the older drivers fixes the problem. >Anyone else experience this? >Iain It happens on everybody's system when using the new experimental DX6 drivers. Both Papyrus and 3Dfx are aware of this issue. Chris "No... No... You can't do these things! You're tampering with the work of the creator! You're...evil!" -Mesa of Lost Women --Horrornews--Horrorchat--Reviews--General filth-- Mortado's Page of Filth http://www.nwlink.com/~mortado/

No. I've found the new drivers to be around 10% faster. Redundant mouse images in the menu pages are the only downside. Have you tried reducing the speed of the Voodoo 2?

That's a bit like asking someone if they wouldn't mind running around in a Ferrari in 2nd gear all the time...

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>No. I've found the new drivers to be around 10% faster. Redundant mouse >images in the menu pages are the only downside. Have you tried reducing >the speed of the Voodoo 2? >>With the new 3Dfx DX6 drivers, GPL just hangs after about 20 secs. >>Going back to the older drivers fixes the problem. Anyone else >>experience this?

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Thanks, that's reassuring! Iain

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>On Sat, 17 Oct 1998 07:45:18 +0100, "Iain Mackenzie" >>With the new 3Dfx DX6 drivers, GPL just hangs after about 20 secs. Going >>back to the older drivers fixes the problem. >>Anyone else experience this? >>Iain >It happens on everybody's system when using the new experimental DX6 >drivers. Both Papyrus and 3Dfx are aware of this issue. >Chris >"No... No... You can't do these things! You're tampering with > the work of the creator! You're...evil!" -Mesa of Lost Women >--Horrornews--Horrorchat--Reviews--General filth-- >Mortado's Page of Filth http://www.nwlink.com/~mortado/

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>On Sat, 17 Oct 1998 07:45:18 +0100, "Iain Mackenzie" >>With the new 3Dfx DX6 drivers, GPL just hangs after about 20 secs. Going >>back to the older drivers fixes the problem. >>Anyone else experience this? >>Iain >It happens on everybody's system when using the new experimental DX6 >drivers. Both Papyrus and 3Dfx are aware of this issue. >Chris

They work fine on my system with a Monster 3D II 12MB, so it doesn't happen to everybody. Clark

No. By "reduce speed" I refer to the clock speed of the card. Several control panels include a slider to adjust the speed between, say, 90 and 95Mhz. You won't notice a move from 95 to 94 or 93 but it may address the stability problem.

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>That's a bit like asking someone if they wouldn't mind running around in >a Ferrari in 2nd gear all the time... >>No. I've found the new drivers to be around 10% faster. Redundant mouse >>images in the menu pages are the only downside. Have you tried reducing >>the speed of the Voodoo 2? >>>With the new 3Dfx DX6 drivers, GPL just hangs after about 20 secs. >>>Going back to the older drivers fixes the problem. Anyone else >>>experience this? >-- >========================================================= >John Simmons - Redneck Techno-Biker (Zerex12) >http://www.members.home.net/jms1/index.html >John Simmons - Barbarian Diecast Collector >http://members.home.net/jsimm/diecast_index.html >If you want to send me email, go to either of the URL's >shown above & click "Send Me Mail" in the contents frame. >=========================================================

Not everybody's.

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>On Sat, 17 Oct 1998 07:45:18 +0100, "Iain Mackenzie" >>With the new 3Dfx DX6 drivers, GPL just hangs after about 20 secs. Going >>back to the older drivers fixes the problem. >>Anyone else experience this? >>Iain >It happens on everybody's system when using the new experimental DX6 >drivers. Both Papyrus and 3Dfx are aware of this issue. >Chris >"No... No... You can't do these things! You're tampering with > the work of the creator! You're...evil!" -Mesa of Lost Women >--Horrornews--Horrorchat--Reviews--General filth-- >Mortado's Page of Filth http://www.nwlink.com/~mortado/

I have exactly the same problem. First I thought it was something else but then I remembered that I had installed the new drivers.