Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Win2k - Best Driver?

Collapse
X
Collapse
 
  • Page of 1
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
Previous template Next
  • #1

    Win2k - Best Driver?

    I know this was covered a while back, but the message seems to have disapeared off the forum.
    I've been having a little problem getting OpenGL and some Direct3D games to work correctly.
    Taking Baldur's Gate II as an example.
    Used to be perfect in OpenGL but after updating to the latest driver release I found that starting the game in the bext possible mode simply gave me a black screen with a white 'wire-frame' outline of the menu's etc.
    Apparently somebody said this was due to the later driver releases actually disabling AGP under Win2k?
    Anyway, what I'm looking for is recommendation on the best drivers for Win2k & my G400MAX.
    I've just got the beta for Ultima On-Line Third Dawn and as this program is going to be flakey enough by itself I really don't want to compound any problems with not so good drivers.
    Seeking recommendations on best Win2k drivers and the links to go with them
    Cheers.
    It cost one penny to cross, or one hundred gold pieces if you had a billygoat.
    Trolls might not be quick thinkers but they don't forget in a hurry, either
    Tags: None
  • #2
    Umm...

    If your system uses an Intel processor, just get the latest drivers. Rumors of a "slowdown" are greatly exaggerated (under Win2k at any rate), and the whole "AGP Off" thing is limited to Athlon systems for the most part.

    If you have an Athlon, however, maybe you should stick with one revision back.

    Last but not least, if you have an Intel system and are still getting the wireframes, err... post in the gaming forum.

    - Gurm

    ------------------
    Listen up, you primitive screwheads! See this? This is my BOOMSTICK! Etc. etc.
    The Internet - where men are men, women are men, and teenage girls are FBI agents!

    I'm the least you could do
    If only life were as easy as you
    I'm the least you could do, oh yeah
    If only life were as easy as you
    I would still get screwed

    Comment

    • #3
      Maybe it's just me, but I don't seem to be having that AGP off problem in my Athlon system. There are two things that I can think of that might have something to do with this. (and I am using the latest drivers)

      1. I have a KX133 system, not a KT133/a system.
      2. I'm not entirely sure I even have the VIA drivers installed. (not at home right now, can't check)

      Everything is running just dandy. In fact, things have steadily been improving for me. I can actually run a 1024x768x16 in UT, where as recent as two PDesk releases ago I was unable to do this. Go figure.
      At any rate, I havent' had any graphical corruption in OGL or D3D in quite some time. Can even run OGL screensavers again.

      Ian
      Primary System:
      MSI 745 Ultra, AMD 2400+ XP, 1024 MB Crucial PC2100 DDR SDRAM, Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro, 3Com 3c905C NIC,
      120GB Seagate UDMA 100 HD, 60 GB Seagate UDMA 100 HD, Pioneer DVD 105S, BenQ 12x24x40 CDRW, SB Audigy OEM,
      Win XP, MS Intellimouse Optical, 17" Mag 720v2
      Seccondary System:
      Epox 7KXA BIOS 5/22, Athlon 650, 512 MB Crucial 7E PC133 SDRAM, Hercules Prophet 4500 Kyro II, SBLive Value,
      3Com 3c905B-TX NIC, 40 GB IBM UDMA 100 HD, 45X Acer CD-ROM,
      Win XP, MS Wheel Mouse Optical, 15" POS Monitor
      Tertiary system
      Offbrand PII Mobo, PII 350, 256MB PC100 SDRAM, 15GB UDMA66 7200RPM Maxtor HD, USRobotics 10/100 NIC, RedHat Linux 8.0
      Camera: Canon 10D DSLR, Canon 100-400L f4.5-5.6 IS USM, Canon 100 Macro USM Canon 28-135 f3.5-5.6 IS USM, Canon Speedlite 200E, tripod, bag, etc.

      "Any sufficiently advanced technology will be indistinguishable from magic." --Arthur C. Clarke

      Comment

      Previous template Next
      Working...
      X