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  5. Posted

    I've been having the same problems. ASUS P3C-D with dual 600E. If I stress test the system using distributed.net, then run UT the computer just reboots after a short while. I hit about 48C on both processors. In win98se UT gpfs instead, so I think it's a heat problem.

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    Used ME for a couple of months...then went back to 98SE. At least if some of my files are corrupt and I can't get into windoze I can use dos scandisk to repair the system. Not so with ME. Also ME has a horrible "backup/recovery" system that sounds nice on paper, but in reality just eats up space and slows down your system. I eventually figured out to turn it off, but by then it had taken up almost 2 gigs of my HD.

     

    I actually see no point in ME. If I'm not going to use dos, then I'll use win2k. If I need dos/backwards compatibility that win2k doesn't offer I'll use 98. ME can't be used, and that means it's totally useless for my purposes.

  10. Posted

    I was wondering where the heck that control panel applet went to...

     

    Anyway A3d 3.0 crashes q3 in smp mode so do not try this. I'll probably sell my card and get a creative - just wish they could make a card with digital out that doesn't resample the digital I/O and ruins it all....

  11. Posted

    If you're running NTFS then you'll have to convert this to fat16/32 first.

     

    After that the easiest way is to add entries to the boot.ini and copy (not use sys.com) the win95 system files (msdos.sys+command.com) to the root dir of your C: drive. btw it's just "C:\" not "C:\windows". If you just add the entry you should be able to choose it at boot without screwing up the rest of the system. This is the "safe" way.

     

    On the other hand if you have win95 on cd you could just use a boot disk with cdrom drivers on it and just install win95 to c:\windows. The setup program should (hopefully)automagically add entries to the boot.ini. You have to have fat16 for this to work. Note: this worked in win98, but I'm not sure this will work with win95 setup. Make an NT bootdisk first just in case.

  13. Posted

    Now with Aureal going bankrupt it looks like I'll never see a driver update again. And there's still a huge problem: win2k+smp+q3+a3d 3.0+vortex2. Causes my q3 to hang. Guess I'll have to look at a new card.

     

    Now if only Creative could make a card with digital out that actually works...

  19. Posted

    NO NO NO!!

     

    Here it is again for those who missed it:

     

    1. Install Hollywood+ beta drivers

    2. Install latest Dxr3 NT4 driver to fix the registry

    3. Install the dxr3 player software.

    4. Make sure your DVD drive has DMA turned on.

    5. Watch a movie

     

     

    And _DO NOT_ install DVD station as this simply won't work on a dxr3 in win2k.

     

     

    [This message has been edited by Skywise (edited 12 February 2000).]

  22. Posted

    Since this will basically turn into a flame war I thought I'd add my stick to the fire:

     

    Don't buy a card now cause tomorrow you'll be able to buy a Voodoo5 or a glaze3d. Maybe even a NV15.

     

    All cards available today are fillrate limited at 1024x768x32bit in Q3. That means you can have a Pentium3 4000 Mhz and you wouldn't get a frame more.

     

    There are a couple of times of the year that buying a certain piece of hardware is very advantageous. If you look at the market prices and watch how they change you'll eventually come to a point where the technology will last long enough compared to the price. The new graphics cards are so far above in performance compared to todays cards that there is no sense in buying one today. If you need one today get the cheapast working one you can find. Then trash it when the next-gen cards hit that magic price/performance spot. I'm not saying that you should wait forever and never buy anything. I'm saying that the experienced price watcher _will know_ when the time has come to upgrade.

     

     

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    "First there was Zen cracking - now there's Zen Price Watching"

  24. Posted

    Hmm..

     

    Okay..turn on DMA first (should be a guide in the forum I think - can't someone add this to the FAQ!!!).

     

    Second..I discovered that in some situations I had trouble watching encrypted DVDs (The Matrix in particular) - sound would stutter and the program would hang. Here's how I fixed it:

     

    - remove old driver

    - install Real Magic + beta driver

    - run the Creative NT4 driver setup to properly add registry entries (this won't overwrite the realmagic driver)

    - install Creative DVD player

    - watch the movie

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