Re: [newbie] problem with nvidia tnt2 m64
Isn't glide for 3dfx based video cards ? Meph Istopheles wrote: Hey, Don't really wanna "horn" in, but I've a simillar situation with my Diamond Viper 770D (it's got the tnt2 chip). With XFree4.01 it's almost dead. I'd installed the glide module some games picked up, but (I suppose those not using glide) are unchanged. Switched to the other XFree 3.xx?) with lm7.2, have little change.
Re: [newbie] problem with nvidia tnt2 m64
It's been a while since I'd read the docs, but I'm sure I'd installed it on the recommendation set there. Evidently, it was necessary in RH 6.0 for me to play the one accelerated game I could even compile -- Quake II. It also had a positive effect in lm7.2, as I can now get acceleration in a few games which before lagged for very long periods before indicating they'd not actually crashed;-). Meph Isn't glide for 3dfx based video cards ? Meph Istopheles wrote: Hey, Don't really wanna "horn" in, but I've a similar situation with my Diamond Viper 770D (it's got the tnt2 chip). With XFree4.01 it's almost dead. I'd installed the glide module some games picked up, but (I suppose those not using glide) are unchanged. Switched to the other XFree 3.xx?) with lm7.2, have little change. -- "I did this 'cause Linux gives me a woody." -Dave '-ddt-' Taylor, announcing DOOM for Linux
RE: [newbie] problem with nvidia tnt2 m64
Hey, Don't really wanna "horn" in, but I've a simillar situation with my Diamond Viper 770D (it's got the tnt2 chip). With XFree4.01 it's almost dead. I'd installed the glide module some games picked up, but (I suppose those not using glide) are unchanged. Switched to the other XFree 3.xx?) with lm7.2, have little change. Meph I have the same card running under XServer 4.01 and in an AMD Duron 800mhz box it is rather fast. Please give more details of your system and I will try to help you. Regards, Ron -- Original Message -- it's so damn slow under ms windows its really fast please help me out -- "I did this 'cause Linux gives me a woody." -Dave '-ddt-' Taylor, announcing DOOM for Linux
Re: [newbie] problem with nvidia tnt2 m64
I've got the Diamond 770U (tnt2-ultra). I have quite decent performance using XFree 3.xx. I just used whatever the install (7.2) recommended. If I'm not mistaken Nvidia has special drivers for the TNT2 based cards, though. Joseph Red [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Meph Istopheles" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 6:52 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] problem with nvidia tnt2 m64 Hey, Don't really wanna "horn" in, but I've a simillar situation with my Diamond Viper 770D (it's got the tnt2 chip). With XFree4.01 it's almost dead. I'd installed the glide module some games picked up, but (I suppose those not using glide) are unchanged. Switched to the other XFree 3.xx?) with lm7.2, have little change. Meph I have the same card running under XServer 4.01 and in an AMD Duron 800mhz box it is rather fast. Please give more details of your system and I will try to help you. Regards, Ron -- Original Message -- it's so damn slow under ms windows its really fast please help me out -- "I did this 'cause Linux gives me a woody." -Dave '-ddt-' Taylor, announcing DOOM for Linux
Re: [newbie] problem with nvidia tnt2 m64
Joseph Red wrote: I've got the Diamond 770U (tnt2-ultra). I have quite decent performance using XFree 3.xx. I just used whatever the install (7.2) recommended. If I'm not mistaken Nvidia has special drivers for the TNT2 based cards, though. Joseph Red [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Meph Istopheles" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 6:52 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] problem with nvidia tnt2 m64 Hey, Don't really wanna "horn" in, but I've a simillar situation with my Diamond Viper 770D (it's got the tnt2 chip). With XFree4.01 it's almost dead. I'd installed the glide module some games picked up, but (I suppose those not using glide) are unchanged. Switched to the other XFree 3.xx?) with lm7.2, have little change. Meph I have the same card running under XServer 4.01 and in an AMD Duron 800mhz box it is rather fast. Please give more details of your system and I will try to help you. Regards, Ron -- Original Message -- it's so damn slow under ms windows its really fast please help me out -- "I did this 'cause Linux gives me a woody." -Dave '-ddt-' Taylor, announcing DOOM for Linux Sorry for butting in as well - but I too have a diamond viper 770 and I just came off SuSE to mandrake. In SuSE I had to download the latest drivers nvdriver.rpm and nv_glx.rpm and activate the 3D part of it in the XF86Config - and ensure the nvidia was selected in preference to nv. Apparently the nv drivers do not work with the drivers from Nvidia. I still have the info with me and I'm not sure how relevant this is to md7.2. Nev Nev
Re: [newbie] problem with nvidia tnt2 m64
Hey Nev, Sorry for butting in as well - but I too have a diamond viper 770 and I just came off SuSE to mandrake. In SuSE I had to download the latest drivers nvdriver.rpm and nv_glx.rpm and activate the 3D part of it in the XF86Config - and ensure the nvidia was selected in preference to nv. Apparently the nv drivers do not work with the drivers from Nvidia. I still have the info with me and I'm not sure how relevant this is to md7.2. Please send it on over. After many hassles on other subjects when I'd ran RH 6.0 ( a Dell altered version of it, at that), I'm rather reluctant to install such things without ~lots~ of docs. Thanks, Meph -- "I did this 'cause Linux gives me a woody." -Dave '-ddt-' Taylor, announcing DOOM for Linux
Re: [newbie] problem with nvidia tnt2 m64
On Thursday 11 January 2001 11:46, you wrote: it's so damn slow under ms windows its really fast please help me out hehe, you aren't exactly giving us much info here, it's like "I have bought a new computer, but now I can't open the text-editor, what's wrong?" :) -- \ Christian A Strmmen / \ Number1/NumeroUno @ Undernet - Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / \ Web: www.realityx.net - Cell: +47 911 43 948 / Live your life by your dreams, not by the limits of reality...
Re: [newbie] problem with nvidia tnt2 m64
I had the same problem, with the same type of video card... try these steps (worked for me): 1. Get some more RAM! I bought an extra 64 MB and the speed improved a little 2. Disable non-essential start up services 3. Get the latest Nvidia drivers from their site (AND READ THE README!) Unfortunetley, some games just run slow (Unreal Tournament is one), but some run as well as their windows counterparts (Quake 3 runs about the same). Try those steps, and it should go well. Dominic Fecteau Computer Classes are a place to learn valuable computer lessons (Read: Game playing skills) On Thursday 11 January 2001 21:46, you wrote: it's so damn slow under ms windows its really fast please help me out
