Serious Sam (store version) & G400s

[Maggi]

I had another deep look into Serious Sam yesterday ...

Are you overclocking your components ???

[antdude]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by DuRaNgO:
I see by your other thread that you have an old version of win98 (ver. #1998), you should definately upgrade as that one is very unstable with many known problems!
jim</font>

Upgrade to what version? I don't want to use ME since it is too bloated IMHO. NT and 2000 don't do all games very well. I check out a lot of game demos and still play some games.

[antdude]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Maggi:
I had another deep look into Serious Sam yesterday ...

Are you overclocking your components ???</font>

Nope. I don't like overclocking.

[Maggi]

hmm, on my system it locks up pretty fast when I overclock my G450, thus I thought it might be the reason on your rig too.

It seems to be taxing the whole system more than any other game actually does.

[Maggi]

did you already try the ICD that comes with the latest NT driver ?

[antdude]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Maggi:
did you already try the ICD that comes with the latest NT driver ?</font>

Uhh, is NT4 driver safe for Windows 98 machine?

[Maggi]

not the whole driver, but you can open the G400ICD.dl_ with Winzip, extract it and let it replace the G400ICD.dll that is to be found in windows\system ...

but make a backup first !

[antdude]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Maggi:
not the whole driver, but you can open the G400ICD.dl_ with Winzip, extract it and let it replace the G400ICD.dll that is to be found in windows\system ...

but make a backup first !</font>

Is that URL correct? It looks like EDualHead feature.

[Maggi]

LOL

sorry, some marketing stuff ...

scroll down to Option B, or use thi link

http://www.matrox.com/mga/support/drivers/files/nt4_477.cfm

[antdude]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Maggi:
LOL

sorry, some marketing stuff ...

scroll down to Option B, or use thi link
http://www.matrox.com/mga/support/dr...es/nt4_477.cfm</font>

I will try this later. Time for bed! Thanks.

[antdude]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Maggi:
LOL

sorry, some marketing stuff ...

scroll down to Option B, or use thi link
http://www.matrox.com/mga/support/dr...es/nt4_477.cfm</font>

Actually. I just noticed both G400icd.dll files are the SAME exact file size (bytes wise). Hmm! I don't have a file compare utility to check on them. Ok bed time now!

[Maggi]

right-click and look into the version tab ...

[Maggi]

NT's PD4.77 comes with ICD version 2.02.001, while W98's PD6.50 comes with version 2.10.013 ...

NT's ICD is dated to March 7th and W98's ICD is from 21st of February.

Knowing that Matrox really has a wicked numbering system, it might be at least worth a try.

Cheers,
Maggi

[az]

ant: in dos, type "fc" (file compare, try fc /? for help)

AZ

[antdude]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by az:
ant: in dos, type "fc" (file compare, try fc /? for help)

AZ</font>

Yeah, I have used fc before but I am not sure how to use it. I get a bunch of binary crap on my screen with the computer beeping. If I use binary, I get a long list. I just want to know if the files are different.