thanx, i downloaded the 3.1 drier and extracted the 3.1 and mesaFx file . what do i do now, if there is a link on a step by step procedure please let me know. much thanx

i just installed my old voodoo 4500 pci , i wanted to play quake 3 , descent 3 and freespace 2 with it. im currently using the 3.0 drivers. everything seems fine i was wondering if the 3.1 drivers will give better performance especially in Q3. im using an amd athlon xp 1800+ w/ xp pro. are there any problems with 3.1 drivers and these games.

thanx, already installed the 3.0 drivers though, had to take out my audigy 2 zs, cause of the pci slot conflict i guess. oh well its fine for now .

also wnated to add quake 3 to the list also

hey all i plan to use my trusty ol 4500 pci again , i never used in my new pc though:
compaq amd athlon xp 1800+ w/ xp pro
im not into tweeking and such i bassically plan to play descent 3 and freespace 2 . i was wondering what drivers are the best for that, if anyone can point to links for a clean install , thats cool to. just wanna start using it today (got work tomorrow so otherwise will have to wait next weekend)
thanx in advannce:)

hi glide and all others helping me, i think i did what u told me,
i removed the unofficial(darkmane drivers) i left the voodoo 4500 pci drivers that came with xp (the ones that are digitally signed). when u said i must remove the onboard vga drivers did u mean uninstall the integrated cards driver files in device manager. cause i was not sure so i did not do that.
i checked my bios with a friend , he said your setup for plug n play so what ever card u use it will work,
then i deledted the reginstry entry and rebooted , then installed the driver setup file, after that i rebooted then i was back with the same situation, i just got a blank screen when my desktop was suppose to come up.
i dont think that the bios is giving me trouble cause when i"look through " my video card without no drivers associated with it then my desktop comes up ( the image on it is mest up of course) but when i install a driver then you know what happens.
if i did something wrong or not thoroughly then let me know ill do it over again. i never had this trouble with my last Compaq computer with winME ,im confused as to why i get a blank screen.
anyways thanx for being so patient, i know im slow at this stuff.

ummm ok, im not sure what u mean by disabling the onboard video but ill look up my mother board model ,im not at home right now.(buy the way what does that do and how does it interfere with voodoo) i thought if it was important it would be mentioned in the installation procedure. the reason i ask is because im wondering is it some specific problem in my system (like because i have AMD or something) or its a more common issue.
anyways thanx for the input ill get back to u in the evening.

thanx for the tip, i would'nt bother deleting but since installing the amiga3.0 drivers require to delete old 3dfx driver files( i have uninstalled the darkmane 1.0drivers) so i thought i should delete anything and everything, my mistake. so i guess ill just go ahead and install the new drivers and not bother with step 1 of the instalation.
one final thing before i do anything, i have my 3dfx card plugged in my proccesssor but im using my integrated card for the time being (since the 3dfx card gives me a blank screen but if i unintall the current drivers that came with xp which is what its using now it should at least start giving me an image).
anyways so do i need to have my monitor plugged in my 3dfx card while installing the drivers or it don't really matter.

thanx for the info glide, however i have been trying to delete any other 3dfx drivers. some of them just don't delete. they keep reapearing, i even log on to windowns in safe mode then delete any registry entry that has 3dfx in it then i goto the drivers and still no luck. they are basically in the SYSTEM32 and DRIVER.CAB directories, when i left click on them it only gives me a 'copy' or 'extract' option. perhaps these old drivers are the cause of the problem , im not sure (does xp come with 3dfx drivers).
again thanx for the quick response. hope u or anybody out there can figure this out. ill check u guys out tomorow.

hi all, been readiing all these messages, man the things u guys do, i'm pretty new to messing around with my card. i guess i never had any serious problems with it (v4500 pci). any ways what is the change in the registry i need to performe to install the amigamerlin 3.0 drivers correctly for xp ( i have the home addition).
i have an AMD AthlonXP operating at 1.53 GHz w/ 256 ddr ram.
thanx again for reading , i really like this card and don't wanna part with it yet.

hi again, i posted a message yesterday saying that i loaded my original win98 voodoo drivers in xp, i checked in device manager. it seems i was mistaken. xp loaded its own drivers in it automatically but regardless i have the same problem when i reboot i get a blank screen when my desktop suppose to come up. i thought i just needed to get new xp drivers and that would fix it.
again as i said before "i installed the darkmane 1.0 and amegamerlin 3.0 drivers but that didnt seem to make a difference. is it something left over from some other driver doing this or some thing else.
i have  an AMD athlon XP 1800+ operating at 1.53 ghz w/256 ddr ram
if any body has ideas or has run into a similar problem i appreciate any help                                thanx

hi all, i hope somebody can help me out there in voodoo land
i accidentlily loaded my original win98 voodoo drivers in xp. when i rebooted i get a blank screen when my desktop suppose to come up. i thought i just needed to get xp drivers and that would fix it.
i installed the darkmane 1.0 and amegamerlin 3.0 drivers but that didnt seem to make a difference. is it some left over ME driver doing this or some thing else.
i have  amd athlon XP operating at 1.5 ghz w/256 ddr ram
if any body has ideas or has run into a similar problem i appreciate any help