Author Topic: New 40.41 OFFICIAL detonators. (Read 904 times)

eagl · « **Reply #15 on:** August 29, 2002, 07:36:53 PM »

What about us non-conformists still running win98? Anyone know how to get the latest drivers on a win98 machine?

-ammo- · « **Reply #16 on:** August 29, 2002, 07:51:25 PM »

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Originally posted by eagl
What about us non-conformists still running win98? Anyone know how to get the latest drivers on a win98 machine?

Eagl, you fly Hi tech AC in the USAF, and you are still using an archaic OS like win 98? Get with the program!!:)

eagl · « **Reply #17 on:** August 29, 2002, 08:06:40 PM »

I rebooted today for the first time in 2 weeks, having played AH offline a few times, 2 versions of *cough*TK*cough*, and done any number of other tasks... Why should I abandon something that works in favor of something that is less secure and comes along with a whole bunch of other Micro$oft bulls**t like activation and their new and improved licensing schemes?

MS can eat my shorts, and if companies like Nvidia abandon people who aren't caught up in the OS of the week fad, they can find someone else to buy their crap.

edit: I almost forgot that if I went to winXP Home, I'd lose some network functionality and even with XP Pro I'd have to re-purchase a few utilities. No frigging way. XP would give me nothing but pretty fonts and 5 extra FPS playing Quake. Not a chance in hell I'll give Gates any money for what would amount to a significant downgrade.

SOB · « **Reply #18 on:** August 29, 2002, 08:21:32 PM »

Win2k, Eagl...don't do it for Micro$oft, do it for yourself. It's infinitely more stable than Win98.

SOB

Animal · « **Reply #19 on:** August 29, 2002, 08:29:52 PM »

eagl, Windows 2000
and you dont HAVE to pay for it

*wink*

-ammo- · « **Reply #20 on:** August 29, 2002, 09:00:37 PM »

eagl--

Mirroring what SOB and the other knucklehead said. Win2K pro gives you a rock stable OS, without all the marketin g frills. It has been infinately more stable than win98.

LePaul · « **Reply #21 on:** August 29, 2002, 09:57:14 PM »

Wow, with new drivers, i gained almost 1000 pts in 3dmark! Went from 10360 to 11251 !

eagl · « **Reply #22 on:** August 29, 2002, 11:12:13 PM »

I have a win2k license and it's running my firewall/gateway. I haven't put it on my gaming rig because "infinately more stable" just doesn't apply here. My computer simply doesn't hang often enough to be an issue, and I'm not sure everything I have and use will run under win2k, while I'm positive it works under win98.

Saitek X36 USB plus second analog stick/rudders work under win2k? Or are those problems only with XP? And security... I found out yesterday that even though I THOUGHT I'd disabled all servers on my win2k box, it's running a friggen MOTD, date/time, chargen, and a few other services.

I simply can't come up with any reasons to run anything other than win98 other than increasing stability from 99% to 99.5% (my win2k box has hung before, bad network drivers I think), and because some shortsighted companies are no longer creating win98 drivers.

Meanwhile, wineX and the other linux gaming efforts are creeping up on full directX emulation and some openGL games even run a bit faster under Linux...

I'm not sure what Nvidia's game is. Maybe Micro$oft is pressuring them into pushing winXP/2K. If so, they're simply positioning themselves as a vendor that doesn't offer hardware I can use. Pity, they make fast chips.

LePaul · « **Reply #23 on:** August 29, 2002, 11:21:51 PM »

Hmmm

Anyone else locking up when they try alt tabbing from inside Aces High, to the desktop, then back?

bloom25 · « **Reply #24 on:** August 30, 2002, 12:17:03 AM »

My score went up to 11339 from 10644 with the 30.82s.

Asus A7N266-C
XP 1900+ OC to 1680 MHz (2012+

)
MSI GeForce 4 Ti 4200 OC to 303.8 MHz core and 594 MHz mem

Thanks for the warning LePaul, I'll be sure not to try that.

funkedup · « **Reply #25 on:** August 30, 2002, 03:08:31 AM »

Those dropped me from mid 10,000's down to 9100. Lots of crashes too. Back to the drawing board, nVidia...

straffo · « **Reply #26 on:** August 30, 2002, 03:36:31 AM »

texture are less "sharp" with this detonator
it help having better performances

funkedup · « **Reply #27 on:** August 30, 2002, 04:20:40 AM »

Hmmm
Uninstall->reinstall mfr's drivers->uninstall->registry edit to complete uninstall->reinstall 40.41-> 11200 3DMarks.
Very strange but I'll take it.
I just hope this solves the instability too!

Thorns · « **Reply #28 on:** August 30, 2002, 07:24:54 PM »

What Eagl said...Win98 works for me...why fix what isn't broken?
Suggestions?

Thorns

Gunthr · « **Reply #29 on:** August 30, 2002, 10:44:47 PM »

I just switched from Win98SE to WinXEhome. Wow. I didn't realise what I had been putting up with.

Well worth $99.

The new Dets are a good move on Nvidia's part. Even my GeForce2 GTS seems to have a new lease on life. Everything looks better. I havn't run MadOnion yet, or seen more FPS in AH, but the quality seems better... making me think I can wait until the Nvidia video card comes out... or until the Ati 9700 is cheaper...