N3 - 4th gear sounds like S**T when using 3DFX but not with D3D

I have got a PII 450, 128 megs of RAM, SB16 Sound Card, Riva TNT card and a Voodoo 1 card for 3DFX. Both video cards run the game fine, but when I choose to use the 3DFX driver, whenever I get the car into 4th gear, it starts making this god awful racket. Sounds like the car just dropped 2 cylinders. It's just a real bad static noise. But like I said, only happens in 4th gear and when I use the 3DFX driver. If I switch to D3D, everything is fine, just doesn't look quite as good. Anyone know what this could be? What would switching video modes have to do with the sound?

>On Fri, 17 Sep 1999 20:29:58 -0500, >>I have got a PII 450, 128 megs of RAM, SB16 Sound Card, Riva TNT card and a >>Voodoo 1 card for 3DFX. Both video cards run the game fine, but when I >>choose to use the 3DFX driver, whenever I get the car into 4th gear, it >>starts making this god awful racket. Sounds like the car just dropped 2 >>cylinders. It's just a real bad static noise. But like I said, only happens

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>>in 4th gear and when I use the 3DFX driver. If I switch to D3D, everything >>is fine, just doesn't look quite as good. Anyone know what this could be? >>What would switching video modes have to do with the sound? >It sounds to me as if attempting to load the large textures >into your 4MB Voodoo1 card is constantly interfering with >the sound.

Could be! I was going to suggest that he try a PCI soundcard. The SB16 was notorious for static and PCI will certainly help framerate. -- Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes. cisko [AT] ix [DOT] netcom [DOT] com

Yeah, a PCI soundcard and a used Voodoo2 also - he's kinda holding back that CPU with a V1 and SB16. -- Ken's Sig 3.0 "Who is the more foolish? The fool, or the fool who follows him?" - Obi-Wan Kenobi Go #43 and #44! volksy (at) geocities (dot) com volksy (at) yahoo (dot) com >>On Fri, 17 Sep 1999 20:29:58 -0500, >>>I have got a PII 450, 128 megs of RAM, SB16 Sound Card, Riva TNT card and >a >>>Voodoo 1 card for 3DFX. Both video cards run the game fine, but when I >>>choose to use the 3DFX driver, whenever I get the car into 4th gear, it >>>starts making this god awful racket. Sounds like the car just dropped 2 >>>cylinders. It's just a real bad static noise. But like I said, only >happens >>>in 4th gear and when I use the 3DFX driver. If I switch to D3D, everything >>>is fine, just doesn't look quite as good. Anyone know what this could be? >>>What would switching video modes have to do with the sound? >>It sounds to me as if attempting to load the large textures >>into your 4MB Voodoo1 card is constantly interfering with >>the sound. >Could be! I was going to suggest that he try a PCI soundcard. >The SB16 was notorious for static and PCI will certainly help >framerate. >-- >Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes. >cisko [AT] ix [DOT] netcom [DOT] com