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Title: 21.83's aint cuttin it
Post by: -ammo- on November 03, 2001, 12:43:00 AM

Well, the 12.41's worked "ok" with the exception of the "twitchiness of the display that comes and goes. The 21.83's made my FR shootup into the 40-50's but I get this crazy discoloration in the terrain, and in the clipboard. any suggestions? I was using mipp mapping.

Title: 21.83's aint cuttin it
Post by: Citabria on November 03, 2001, 01:21:00 AM

using 21.85 detonators here on gf3ti500 and it rules

Title: 21.83's aint cuttin it
Post by: Sancho on November 03, 2001, 01:59:00 AM

My observation is that nvidia's bleeding edge drivers seem to work best with their latest hardware.  Older cards work best with the older drivers.  I'm using 6.41 with my GeForce SDR.  That seems to be the latest I can use without psychadelic color effect.

Try the drivers that came with your card.

Title: 21.83's aint cuttin it
Post by: -ammo- on November 03, 2001, 02:05:00 AM

actually, I have tried 6 different drivers, and I think I have it whipped with the 21.85's. more to come..

I disabled paletised textures in AH and the crazy colors went away. So Geforce2MX 400+21.85 driver are giving me 60-70 FR average. Not bad. Its the new processor/MB that is doing it.

[ 11-03-2001: Message edited by: -ammo- ]

Title: 21.83's aint cuttin it
Post by: Defiance on November 03, 2001, 01:01:00 PM

Hiya's,
Try the 21.88's ammo
May help ya some

Have Fun

Def

Title: 21.83's aint cuttin it
Post by: Lephturn on November 03, 2001, 02:56:00 PM

What OS are you running?

For Win2k, I use the 7.58's, they rock and are very stable.  For Win98, you should try the 7.78's.
 http://dangerousdog.com/downloads/dets/index.htm (http://dangerousdog.com/downloads/dets/index.htm)

Anything later than that and I have problems with TnT2 and GeForce cards.  Anything earlier doesn't have all the functionality.

Find one set that works and stick with it.

Oh, and be sure to search for "Detonator Destroyer" if you have Win9x/ME.  Use that in between driver versions when you are going from higher numbers to lower ones.

Title: 21.83's aint cuttin it
Post by: Goner on November 04, 2001, 01:52:00 PM

Quote

Originally posted by Sancho:
My observation is that nvidia's bleeding edge drivers seem to work best with their latest hardware.  Older cards work best with the older drivers.

agreed 100%.
i went back to 7.52 drivers for my GeForce2 MX ... all kinds of trouble with newer versions.

Goner

Title: 21.83's aint cuttin it
Post by: Wardog on November 04, 2001, 06:24:00 PM

Ive got 3 systems for testing and have tested all drivers up to the latest.

With Win98 & Gforce2 MX400 64meg card, Lephturn is right on the money. 7.78 are the most stable drivers ive found for AH & wwiio.

New drivers i was seeing a blue tear or rip. And they just plian dump me to desktop after 5 mins in wwiio.

Found the certified drivers at 3dguru.com. Im at work but will post the link for it later.

Also a good util at there site is the Detonator Destroyer program. A must if you have been installing a lot of different versions...

Dog out............

Title: 21.83's aint cuttin it
Post by: Gunthr on November 05, 2001, 08:37:00 AM

Thanks for the link, Lephturn. The 7.58's work perfectly on my GeForce2 GTS, with almost the same Frame Rates I got with the 22.50's, with no psychedelics or artifacts.

Flying behind the spinning prop hub and gunsight, with the rest of the plane invisible was fun for a while, but....  ;)

Title: 21.83's aint cuttin it
Post by: Lephturn on November 05, 2001, 11:59:00 AM

Glad I was able to help.  :)
 http://dangerousdog.com/downloads/dets/index.htm (http://dangerousdog.com/downloads/dets/index.htm)

You can get all the detonators there.  For anything below a GeForce 3 I recommend 7.78's on Win9x, and 7.58 on Win2k.  The GeForce 3 folks may want to play with the latest builds, but be prepared to install and un-install a lot.  When you get a set that works right, don't screw with it.  :)

BTW, the link for the Detonator Destroyer program is:  http://www.guru3d.com/detonator-destroyer/ (http://www.guru3d.com/detonator-destroyer/)

Title: 21.83's aint cuttin it
Post by: FOGOLD on November 06, 2001, 04:00:00 AM

Hey lephturn, thanks for all this good advice . I have 6.31 drivers and have no problems. Is it worth going to 7.78? I suspect I'll notice no difference. But will 6.** drivers work ok with Directx8a (which I havn't installed yet but will soon as Ill2 Sturmovik needs it)

Title: 21.83's aint cuttin it
Post by: Lephturn on November 06, 2001, 11:17:00 AM

I'm not sure about DX8 compliance.  If everything is working though, don't try anything later unless you need to.  If you need DX8 for IL2 and that breaks something for you, then go get the 7.78's.  But try it first.  :)

BTW, if you have a TNT, not a TNT2, I think the most recent drivers you can use are the 6.50's.  The later drivers only include TNT2 and GeForce model drivers.  At least that has been the case in my experience with the Win2k drivers.