Hi all,

I'm having problems running games with my voodoo5 on win2k. I've tried amigamerlin 3.1 drivers and 3dfx 1.04.00 whql drivers. When I start a game like diablo 2 all i get is a black screen or a "!" in the upper left corner of the screen. Only directdraw works. When using glide or direct3d the whole pc freezes and i have to restart. I've reinstalled windows and left directx at 7.0 but this doesnt work either. I've also reverted the cards bios back to 1.06 (used 1.15 first).

Also tried playing Myth 3 (opengl i think) on win2k and this doesnt work, the screen is all green. On windows 98 myth 3 plays fine although a bit slow.

One more thing: low resolutions (veery old dos games which use cga graphics or vga) never worked with this card, i get strange lines and the mouse cursor has trails. other games always worked fine.

PC:
Asus cuv4-x
Intel pentium 3 800
512 mb pc133 sdram
3dfx voodoo 5 5500 agp
soundblaster pro 2.0 (disabled in win2k)
soundblaster live! value
400 watts psu (i think).

So can anyone help me please? I already gave up on the low res dos games but i'd like to get it working again under windows2000 with 3d games.

Since 2 or 3 weeks I'm unable to acess the Windows update site with Windows 98. Anyone else having this problem? Microsoft won't help only says Win98 is not supported which I already knew.

Hello,

I've got problems with the refresh rates on my Voodoo5 5500 AGP. They're stuck at 60 hertz in dos 3dfx glide mode. Windows (98SE) glide is fine. Tried windows dos prompt and pure dos, but that doesn't work because dos glide games crash in pure dos. Any fix for that as well?

I have already tried unirefresh but the card won't listen to that, the variables SET FX_GLIDE_REFRESHRATE=85 and SSTH3_SCREENREFRESH=85 wont work either. V.Control only works for Windows games. I'm currently using RazielEvolution drivers, but I tried others and those won't work either. Also, since I have this Voodoo5, I no longer get the glide2x spinning 3dfx logo. Is it possible to get it with the v5 card? I liked it

I'd really like to play glide games in dos @ 85 hertz again so any suggestions are appreciated

Justin

Hello,

I am having problems with my Creative 3D blaster Voodoo2.

When I try to play a DOS game, all I get is a black screen. I don't even see the 3Dfx logo at startup.

I use the card with a Diamond Viper II Z200.

I've already tried the v2-auto.inf for the DOS compatibility environment strings.

Does anyone know of a fix or am I forgetting something?

Thanks

Justin

Hi all,

Today I received my Voodoo5 5500 AGP card. I plugged it in my Windows98SE system and installed the drivers. I played Turok:Dinosaur Hunter in Glide and Direct3D and it worked fine. Don't know about other windows games yet.

However, whenever I try to run a DOS glide game eg;Carmageddon1 my entire PC locks up and I have to reset it. When I play Carmageddon1 in software mode it runs fine. Only seems to have a problem with Hardware accelerated mode.
So, is there a way to fix this?

By the way I'm using Amigamerlin drivers, I have reinstalled Windows and I think I have tried every option in the 3Dfx tools menu.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Specs:

Motherboard: ASUS Cuv4x
Processor:   Intel Pentium 3 ~756 mhz
Videocard:   3Dfx Voodoo5 5500 AGP
PSU:         650watt
SoundCard:   Sound Blaster Pro 2.0
Memory:      756 MB SDRAM