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Title: Microsoft or AmigaSport driver?
Post by: Andy on mars on 27 June 2004, 20:58:59
Hi all,
      I have recently upgraded to WinXP Home from win98SE and own a Voodoo3 3000 card. Under 98 I used the 1.07.00 original 3dfx driver. On installing XP, it installed a Microsoft signed driver but this has no 3dfx tools etc. A quick google search and I have found the Amiga Sport 3.0 driver for XP with the 3dfx tools, which I am now running. Can anyone tell me what advantages/disadvantages there are in using the Amiga Sport driver (not signed) over the Microsoft one?
Title: Microsoft or AmigaSport driver?
Post by: Nightbird on 27 June 2004, 22:10:55
Microsoft : poor support for a Voodoo Card because generic ; only D3d, no glide, no opengl, no 3dfx tools.
And running a no-signed (aka no-WHQL) third party driver (like All the third party drivers) will not be a problem for your Voodoo 3. ;)

Title: Microsoft or AmigaSport driver?
Post by: huggyd on 16 July 2004, 02:02:43
Good Day, Good Day

I was hoping that someone could point my in the right direction to this Amiga Sport 3.0 driver for XP
I have just pick up a Game 'Hitman' and when I try to play it with the Graphic Configuration of 3DFX Glide it tells me its missing the glide3x.dll file so I tryed playing it set on Direct3D and the graphic looked screwed up, it runs but you can't really see to much.

System
P3 500
256 Ram
about 35 gig total
3dfx voodoo3   <-- currently with Microsoft 5.1.2001.0
Windows XP (home)

any help would super :)
Title: Microsoft or AmigaSport driver?
Post by: huggyd on 16 July 2004, 02:18:22
I have found the Amiga Sport 3.0 driver for XP and am currently downloading it.

Now hmmm... how do I use it?[:p][?]
Title: Microsoft or AmigaSport driver?
Post by: Rolo01 on 16 July 2004, 09:06:09
I may be wrong, but cant you run Hitman in OpenGL ?
If so, you should try MesaFX.
Just put the glide3x.dll and the opengl32.dll in the game folder and you are good to go...