tkrakas 0 Posted August 17, 2002 ;( I have this problem: I have an Asus P5A-B and AMD 500 Mhz. The display adapter is ATI 3D Rage II and 3D-accelerator is Voodoo 2 (FCC ID: ICUVGA-GW803). Operating system is Windows2000. I can see Voodoo 2 in System Properties and it seems to work OK. In Display Properties there is also Voodoo 2 3DFX V2-1000. BUT there is only GLIDE-alternative! Testprogram Dxdiag finds only ATI and informs it´s OK (although I can´t choose Enable in 3D Acceleratorion, because button it´s not available). Dxdiag can´t find Voodoo 2 at all!!!! I have tried many different drivers, but the result is always same. So what I can do that I can use Direct3D programs and help Dxdiag to find Voodoo 2? Many thanks for your help! Share this post Link to post
HN 0 Posted August 17, 2002 Quote: I can see Voodoo 2 in System Properties and it seems to work OK. In Display Properties there is also Voodoo 2 3DFX V2-1000. BUT there is only GLIDE-alternative! That's because it's a hacked NT4.0 Driver and it's Glide only. There is an alternative Direct3D driver (no Glide!) for those who like to use the V2 as a standalone card. Quote: Testprogram Dxdiag finds only ATI and informs it´s OK (although I can´t choose Enable in 3D Acceleratorion, because button it´s not available). Dxdiag can´t find Voodoo 2 at all!!!! I'm not sure but I think the reason you can't enable 3D acceleration is because your ATI card is mostly 2D and doesn't support todays 3D acceleration features. DXdiag can't find your V2 for the obvious reason described above - it's Glide only and DXdiag is a Direct3D test. Quote: So what I can do that I can use Direct3D programs and help Dxdiag to find Voodoo 2? I think you can use Direct3D programs but it's gonna be slow with the CPU doing most of the job. Which programs have you tried that doesn't work? Share this post Link to post
tkrakas 0 Posted August 17, 2002 "That's because it's a hacked NT4.0 Driver and it's Glide only. There is an alternative Direct3D driver (no Glide!) for those who like to use the V2 as a standalone card." Can you kindly tell me where I can find an alternative Direct3D driver, because I really like to use the V2 as a standalone card? What´s the name of the driver? Share this post Link to post
HN 0 Posted August 17, 2002 No, I've looked for myself but it's very hard to find these days maybe http://www.voodoofiles.com/ has it. I can send it to you on e-mail if necessary. The name of the driver is: v2-w2k-1.00.00-beta From the Readme-file: Quote: ======================================================================= Additional ======================================================================= Voodoo2 runs on Windows 2000 Professional as a secondary display adapter only and not as a multimedia device. Microsoft did not get "detached device" support into the kernel in time to get it fully tested prior to the final Windows 2000 Professional release. Detached device support is required to run Voodoo2 as a 3D only board. This means that Voodoo2 can only run attached to a multi-monitor desktop. 3dfx has developed a driver capable of this, but there are few caveats. 1) The SLI configuration is not supported. This limits the maximum 3D resolution to 800x600. The 1024x768x16 resolution is supported for the desktop only. The Voodoo2 driver will not accelerate any DirectX operations at the 1024x768 resolution. This is because there is not enough frame buffer memory on a single Voodoo2 to practically accelerate 3D applications at this resolution. 2) Voodoo2 is only supported in Multi-monitor mode (this requires users to have an extra monitor to run their Voodoo2 card). 3) Video pass-thru is not supported. Apparently, this is the primary reason for Microsoft deciding not to put this Voodoo2 driver on the Beta3 CDs. They concluded that many users would simply ignore the readme file (that explained the caveats) and try to install and use the Voodoo2 just like they did on W9x. 4) 2D corruption on desktop. This only happens with GDI calls and it is caused by the lack of byte enabled hardware on Voodoo2. 5) No support for Glide or OpenGL. Note: DO NOT ATTEMPT TO INSTALL THE WINDOWS NT 4.0 VOODOO2 GLIDE DRIVER. I'm not sure it's worth the trouble... BTW: Is it necessary to run Windows 2000 ;( Your setup Asus P5A-B/AMD 500 Mhz/ATI 3D Rage II and Voodoo 2 is screaming for WINDOWS NT 4.0 SP6a - ATI has some good Direct3D/OpenGL NT4.0 Drivers for download on their website. - The Voodoo2 NT 4.0 Drivers works perfectly with both Direct3D/Glide. - Windows NT would run much better on your box than W2K because lets face it an AMD 500 Mhz isn't the leader of the pack anymore - And how much RAM do you have? - Etc. Share this post Link to post
