OpenGL screensavers and the G400

[Smiff]

I haven't posted for ages so Hi everyone

OK here's my little problem

I love trippy screensavers like VoodooLights, but every OpenGL screensaver I have ever used on my G400, with every new driver since 5.13, crashes horribly on exit. With the latest driver its even worse; all the icons in windows go white until I change resolutions. Wierd!

Here's a not-very-exciting example:

BOREALIS caused an invalid page fault in
module G400ICD.DLL at 017f:691a77ff.
Registers:
EAX=834e4820 CS=017f EIP=691a77ff EFLGS=00010282
EBX=005106e4 SS=0187 ESP=0063f550 EBP=0063f58c
ECX=00000000 DS=0187 ESI=0051076c FS=47a7
EDX=00000000 ES=0187 EDI=0051076c GS=3ed6
Bytes at CS:EIP:
ff 51 64 8b f0 85 f6 74 25 81 fe ae 01 76 88 74
Stack dump:
834e4820 00000000 0063f58c 00000001 00000000 0063f5f8 0051076c 0051067c 005106e4 691a775d 00000000 0063f58c 00417ce8 005106e4 00000075 0000006c

I know its hardly life threatening but any ideas?

[Zwisch]

Hi,

i would simply make sure that you are using the 5.30, and that your desktop is in either 16 or 32 bit... might also want to try with dial head disabled...

Z

[WereWolf]

I am afraid the Windows OGL Screensavers are not using the 3d-hal of the G400... That's why they work in Multi-Monitor mode.
the G400 ICD dont work in Multi mode.


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[Borg]

same problem here with voodoolights 1.2.3 & OGL so I use D3D & no problems at all and FPS counts from 49-108 @1024x768x32 in COSMOS & about 39-75 in LIGHTS...I think thats not bad.. !

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PIII450@465,P2b,128mb,Matrox Mill-G400 32SH,SB.Live !(value)...

[Smiff]

Thanks all

Zwisch: yep, I'm doing it all just like you said

WereWolf: I have no idea what you are talking about man

Borg: The d3d version gives me horrible flickering - I haven't tried since going to 5.30 though, i'll check in a sec. What about all those screensavers that are OpenGL only??

Maybe its just a G400ICD problem? Haig?!

BTW i love the new msg board, thanx ANT!!

[Smiff]

Ok got the new VoodooLights (1.2.4)
At 1152*863, 32bit:
Horribly flickery in D3D
Dog slow (14FPS) and crashes in OpenGL.

Grrrrrrr. Someone put me out of my misery please!

Smiff

[Borg]

downloaded VL1.2.4 ,will try it in sec ...

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PIII450@465,P2b,128mb,Matrox Mill-G400 32SH,SB.Live !(value)...

[Borg]

Hi !

well I try it & works fine here no flickering or crushing in D3D or OGL only in OGL problems while exit the SS, it stays in task & must be shutdown by hand CTRL+ALT+DEL..

FPS :
COSMOS 1024x768x32 D3D=33-59 OGL=18-45

LIGHTS 1024x768x32 D3D=31-45 OGL=17-39

D3D is OK & fast enugh for smooth watching but OGL is a litle bit chopy...

WIN98SE+DX7+PD5.3.0+ICDfrom5.20...

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PIII450@465,P2b,128mb,Matrox Mill-G400 32SH,SB.Live !(value)...

[Smiff]

Thanx Borg! Not for telling me how to fix it, but for inspiring me to keep trying

I've done much prodding and poking and...Eureka! I found it:

Reduce motion blur to zero, et voila, silky smooth voodoolights I turned it up through habit as I used to on my old TNT.

Oh just one thing: is this a bug in the G400 drivers? or is motion blur a hardware level thingy?

Well whatever it looks cool! Thankyou and goodnight

Smiff

[Borg]

I didnt get MOTION BLURING working eather with my old G200 or G400 so I dont knowe ,but I dont think thats a driver problem because it didnt work with all previous drivers(5.13,5.21,5,25) & it still dont work well with 5.30 ...he! I dont mis it so I dont care !

Im gled you get this sucker working.. !

just V.Lights 1.2.3. are faster then 1.2.4..

bye!



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