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Title: D3d is very slow.. Why?
Post by: TaiDOmi on 04 March 2005, 11:11:44
My problem is that every game that uses D3d works very slowly. For example System Shock 2 is unplayable and Severance works faster with voodoo2. Turning off antialiasing won't help.  Glide & OpenGL work well...

Specs: 120 Ghz, 512 Mt RAM, Voodoo 5 5500, WinXP, Amigamerlin 3.0
Title: D3d is very slow.. Why?
Post by: NitroX infinity on 04 March 2005, 11:21:02
Uhm, your system specifications baffle me; 120GHz? Nobody has that!
Also, it's 512MB RAM not Mt.

I'm guessing you have a 1,2GHz processor?
What video-card drivers are you using?
Title: D3d is very slow.. Why?
Post by: TaiDOmi on 04 March 2005, 11:33:56
Thanks for the advice smart guy... I think I mentioned the drivers in my previous post..
Title: D3d is very slow.. Why?
Post by: NitroX infinity on 04 March 2005, 11:45:45
Oops. hehe, I'm just too busy [:P]

The problem could be with your DirectX installation.
Which DirectX version do you have installed?
Title: D3d is very slow.. Why?
Post by: TaiDOmi on 04 March 2005, 11:54:03
DirectX 9.0 or 9.1, I think...
Title: D3d is very slow.. Why?
Post by: NitroX infinity on 04 March 2005, 13:08:46
Execute dxdiag (start > run > dxdiag)
Click the third tab, there are two buttons for testing stuff.

See if there are any problems.
Title: D3d is very slow.. Why?
Post by: TaiDOmi on 04 March 2005, 13:14:32
They are runnig very slow and don't display correctly. Do I have to add some driver or what's wrong?
Title: D3d is very slow.. Why?
Post by: NitroX infinity on 04 March 2005, 13:22:43
Try to re-install DirectX (don't install a beta).
If it's still acting up, remove DirectX and then re-install it.

If it's still no good, try re-installing your videocard drivers.
And should that not help, try different drivers.
Title: D3d is very slow.. Why?
Post by: bloodworm on 04 March 2005, 19:54:19
if the dxdiag does not display correctly, then your amigamerlin drivers did not install correctly.  WinXP is known to step on drivers that don't have a digital signature without some "fixin" of XP files/reg tweaks.  It's been a few yesrs now, but my fix was to rename the winXP driver.cab file and reboot and THEN install the 3dfx drivers.