New Win2K (5.03.25) drivers out go get'em :)

[glarec]

gurm: the only reason why i post this was because randob asked for it. plus you've been telling us this since at january and there has been new drivers that came out. so i thought this would help a bit.. randob sounded like he works for matrox *shrug*

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Glarec
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bp6-(2)433(oc488) celerons, g400max, ibm ultra scsi 9.1g, sb-live value, hitachi ss-753 19", plextor 32x, etc, etc, etc...

[Snake-Eyes]

Interesting note about the Win2K stuttering while at the desktop. I get this when I have a game running (ie.: UT in a window, with the menu displayed). It doesn't seem to happen while input is going to the UT window, but anytime the cursor is on the desktop (as in I'm trying to ICQ someone) it does that stuttering thing. Win98 doesn't exhibit the same problems, though.

I have a SINGLE processor(before you think this is another SMP issue, Gurm ), p3-450 (o.c. to 558) on an Abit BE6 motherboard, with 256MB RAM.

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Ace

[Gurm]

Ace, I have noticed that... it probably has to do with tweaking the priority scheduling.

- Gurm

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Listen up, you primitive screwheads! See this? This is my BOOMSTICK! Etc. etc.

[mikechen]

Hmmm... PD5.52 works fine for me, no major issue. However, in Q3A, the texture (blood, bullet hole) flickers when I move, looks like a z-buffer problem. However, using TurboGL solves this.

[mikechen]

Hmmm... PD5.52 works fine for me, no major issue. However, in Q3A, the texture (blood, bullet hole) flickers when I move, looks like a z-buffer problem. However, using TurboGL solves this.

Config:
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Athlon-650
MS-6167 BIOS1.5
G400 16MB DH
SBLive! value (Live!ware 3)
Tekram DC-390 SCSI controller
128MB PC-133 SDRAM
Windows 98 (not SE)

[glarec]

ah, mikechen. we are talking about w2k not w98

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bp6-(2)433(oc488) celerons, g400max, ibm ultra scsi 9.1g, sb-live value, hitachi ss-753 19", plextor 32x, etc, etc, etc...

[RanDob]

glarec, does everything work fine if you boot with /numproc=1 in boot.ini? 5.03.025 does have a multiprocessor problem that will be fixed in the next release.

[Gurm]

The G400 drivers still have "issues" with SMP machines. Why can't people just cope with that and wait until this is fixed to post "all 3D games lock up in SMP mode?"

- Gurm

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Listen up, you primitive screwheads! See this? This is my BOOMSTICK! Etc. etc.

[glarec]

randob: no go.. i replaced /fastdetect with /numproc=1 and the system hangs as soon as it got to the desktop. *grumble*




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bp6-(2)433(oc488) celerons, g400max, ibm ultra scsi 9.1g, sb-live value, hitachi ss-753 19", plextor 32x, etc, etc, etc...

[PaulS]

Gurm wrote, "The G400 drivers still have "issues" with SMP machines. Why can't people just cope with that and wait until this is fixed to post "all 3D games lock up in SMP mode?"

Well, at least it keeps the issue current. SMP is a core facility offered by NT, it shouldn't be treated as so much esotoria, it is not unreasonable to expect that it should be working with the retail release of W2k.

Paul

[Chucky Cheese]

glarec

i copied the line in boot.ini that starts win2k in /fastdetect mode and replaced that switch with /numproc=1, so far no problems.

Platform Configuration:

Motherboard: AMI MegaRUM II, dual 600Mhz Pentium III processors (installed), each with a 32/512 Cache configuration. 512 Mb of PC100, 8ns memory. Symbios Logic 53C896 U2W SCSI controllers. Intel 443GX Xeon chipset.

SCSI I/O:

Channel 1(LVD/U2): 4 Seagate LVD Cheetah 18LP, ST39103LW Ultra2 Wide SCSI-3 hard Drives, each with 1024k cache.

Channel 2(SE): JAZ 2GB internal, Plex-Writer 8/20, Pioneer DVD-303s ultra-scsi DVD reader and 2 UltraPlex-Wide 17/40 speed CD-ROM drives.

USB: USB Zip Drive, Epson Stylus Scan 2500, Intellimouse Explorer

Networking: The network adapter is a 3Com 3C509B-TX PCI 10/100 Mbps controller, and a US Robotics Courier V.Everything 33.6/28.8/x2/V.90 internal ISA modem.

Video: Matrox G400 Max with Dual Head. The primary display is a Panasonic PanaSync E21, .25-dot pitch, 20" viewable; the secondary display is a Viewsonic flat panel display model VP150.

Multi-media: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live PCI Bus Mastering sound card. Speaker system is the Cambridge Works FPS2000 Digital speaker system.

chucky

[Chucky Cheese]

glarec

.../numproc=1 working fine here!!!!

chucky

OOPS! accidently posted twice



[This message has been edited by Chucky Cheese (edited 01 March 2000).]

[Travis L. Knodel]

Chucky, are you saying that your games are now working with SMP in Win 2000 or are you speaking of something totally different? My machine runs just fine doing standard apps, but when I load Quake 3 or UT, the machine freezes hard after several minutes of play.

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Travis L. Knodel
ICQ 5570732

Abit BP6
Dual Celeron 366@523 Mhz
Matrox G400 16MB SH
IBM ATA66 15.2 GB HD w/ 2MB cache
WD UDMA33 4.3 GB POS HD
Acer 40X CD Rom
Memorex 1622 2x2x6 CD-RW
Internal NEC Zip100
Netgear 10/100 Ethernet
Diamond Monster Sound MX300
Altec Lansing ACS 295
Proview 17" Monitor
224 MBs generic PC100 RAM

[glarec]

hmm... strange.. come to think of it.. it hanged when it was loading cpu-idle pro. maybe if i take that program out of startup it might work. i'll try tonight when i get home.. thanx

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bp6-(2)433(oc488) celerons, g400max, ibm ultra scsi 9.1g, sb-live value, hitachi ss-753 19", plextor 32x, etc, etc, etc...

[Chucky Cheese]

Travis

i haven't loaded any games as of yet, autocad is my primary application...it runs fine in either "mode". i have ms office 2k and photodraw v2 and winzip installed in win2k right now(..i always buy msft because i want the tight integration into the os). but as time goes on i plan on totally moving to win2k. i'm going to install bryce after work tonight and see if it works ok!!

i still don't have ocr capabilities with the win2k drivers for my stlus scan 2500...so for now a dual-boot is necessary...

i like having the boot menu option for single processor.

my menu(boot.ini)

win2k dual processor
win2k single processor
win2k recovery console
win98 second edition

chucky