New drivers and tweaker for P! {supports oc'ing}

[GT98]

Originally posted by thop
hmm 6% doesn't seem too much for me. i wonder what some of the BBs with their hardcore setups can do? i guess they are allowed to talk about it now.

I'm not having any luck at all with my P. I've been running 3Dmark2001 and I can't even finish it at 5 or 10% overclocked And thats with big ass copper HS on it. I'm not sure if its due to me using the newest drivers or not, but I keep getting .net driver errors. Is there any special tools needed to uninstall these drivers? I want to see if its the P giving me problems or the drivers that aren't ready for 3D games is.

[DPGX]

Anyone else getting this weird error after running 3dmark? I looped it twice because I've had a few problems with my system this evening, and after looping twice, 3DMark finishes, and I have this error waiting for me at my desktop:


See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

Microsoft . NET Framework

An unhandeled exception has occurred in your application. If you click Continue, the application will ignore this error and attempt to continue. If you click Quit, this application will be shut down immediately.

Escape call Failed

Details V


************** Exception Text **************
System.ApplicationException: Escape call failed
at Matrox.PowerDesk.Escapes.Escape.Call(BasicEscapeIn * poInStruct, BasicEscapeOut* poOutStruct)
at Matrox.PowerDesk.Escapes.GetFeatureInfo..ctor(Stri ng psAttachedDisplayName, UInt32 hFeature)
at Matrox.PowerDesk.Escapes.BringFeatureToTop..ctor(S tring psAttachedDisplayName, UInt32 hFeature, Int32 fDestinations)
at Matrox.PowerDesk.Features.IDesktopImpl.Matrox.Powe rDesk.Features.IDesktop.set_OnTop(Boolean value)
at Matrox.PowerDesk.UI.FormIdentifyDisplayAreas.ShowD esktop()
at Matrox.PowerDesk.UI.FormIdentifyDisplayAreas.FormI dentifyDisplayAreas_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnLoad(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnCreateControl()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(Boolean fIgnoreVisible)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Mes sage& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Mess age& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage (Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(M essage& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


After clicking continue, the order of displays menu comes up, asking me to determine if my monitors are in the correct order {A, B, C}

Just want to make sure theres nothing physically wrong with my computer :\ having a really rough night with it.

Thanks,

Mike

[DPGX]

On a positive note, I just benched Retail UT2003 at 1024x768 and the Frame Rates are up a bit, 51.838257 {Bot Match} and 115.176270 {Flyby}. Pixel Shaders also appear to be fixed in UT2003, as the water looks beautiful.

Mike

[DPGX]

*Sigh* I cant even get through 3dmark now. The error is waiting for me at the desktop when it crashes. Im not sure if this is related to the new drivers, or my system as a whole at this point.
Guess I'll have to go back to the previous drivers to find out...

Mike


Update:

I ran 3dmark one more time, this time closing both the coloreal and Matrox Powerdesk HF Tray icons, seems to have gotten through it. I guess I'll have to do more testing tommorrow before I can be sure what the problem is.

Final Update for tonight:

Ok, Playing around with PowerDesk HF settings, I got the error again, so it seems its either something my system doesnt like about the .NET runtimes I'm using or something that Powerdesk doesnt like about them. I just noticed GT98 is experiencing .NET issues as well, glad to see I'm not the only one Hopefully Matrox can help us in regards to these errors. Otherwise seems to be a great driver set so far.

[dsp]

I managed a 10% overclock with my OEM Parhelia and my newish XP1700 (Standard cooling). Only the 1.1.0.80 drivers right now.

[Slougi]

Originally posted by dsp
I managed a 10% overclock with my OEM Parhelia and my newish XP1700 (Standard cooling). Only the 1.1.0.80 drivers right now.

So your oem is running at retail speeds now?

[Slougi]

Originally posted by Zao
- Added support for a TV to be used for PureVideo/DVDmax when in any Dualhead mode.

/me goes buy a parhelia

[mgu2]

/me goes buy a parhelia

I suggest you wait for a while. See the thread about image problems in 3D apps. If it turns out to be HW related, Matrox is in serious trouble. And yes it is very noticeable. I noticed it immediately when playing OFP thanks to the bright sky. I just wonder if the QA and beta people should have their eyes checked ASAP.

[Maggi]

for those that get an error in .NET

- make sure you have .NET SP2 installed
- uninstall PD1.02, as it has a new uninstaller
- reinstall PD1.02

- post back if this helped ...

[ohloveme]

wow ! This new driver includes some new feature for 3d gaming.. there is no more changing 3d option for every 3D game... preset mode is enable to set it up all of every 3D game ..

<img src="http://www.darkcrow.co.kr/image/news/0210/newpd.jpg">

<img src="http://www.darkcrow.co.kr/image/news/0210/newpd2.jpg">

[luni]

These profiles are uber sweet, but I am concerned about .NET problems . Think im gonna wait for final release of 1.02s and try them then.

[lecter]

No .NET problems here...also, K6-III, NOLF2 works perfectly for me and is much more playable at 1280 with everything on.

[GT98]

Originally posted by Maggi
for those that get an error in .NET

- make sure you have .NET SP2 installed
- uninstall PD1.02, as it has a new uninstaller
- reinstall PD1.02

- post back if this helped ...

Where is the uninstaller for PD1.02? Is it the add/remove programs in the control panel?

its good to see that other people are having problems with .net errors...I thought it was me overclocking my card

[lecter]

I think he meant the Matrox one in the Utils section...worked great for me.

[albatorsk]

Finally! This release allows for changing the order of the monitors in TripleHead. This, in it self, allows me to finally use TripeHead in Linux, since the monitors doesn't switch places anymore when going between Linux and Windows. Wheee..