Hello to everyone !!!
Just today I have received new dll's from the mythical Koolsmoky !! :D. Really good news for the owner of Voodoo5 6k. Now FSAA 2x Works and the bug related to the overbrightness is now nailed, another little miracle.
All the file still in beta but shortly they can be released for you all.
About the new d3d section seem that the bug related to the strange stripes prsent on your desk when exit from UT2003 is on the right way to be resolved.
PS: naturally this files are good for 4500-5500-6000. The compatibility with 3000 is not tested and may be broken [V], sorry for this.
PPS: A REALLY BIG THANKS MUST GO TO KOOLSMOKY !!!
Keep the faith :D.
Bye
Amigamerlin
3DFXZONE MODERATOR
Powerd By Voodoo5 6000
its great to hear this
There are very much "inf mixer" in the 3dfx community but not so much real programmers like kool or colourless.
Special thx to kool for your work....(I didn't tested it but I think it will go forward after a long time)
Drieschel
Voodoo5 5500 AGP owner
QuoteOriginally posted by Amigamerlin
The compatibility with 3000 is not tested and may be broken [V], sorry for this.
[:(]
When can you tell sure about the compatibility with woodoo 3 [?]
Woodoo 3 3000 PCI owner
that sounds great, amigamerlin.
greetz,
55degrees:D
That's good but what about the Win9x users?
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Don't wanna sound mean or anything, but Voodoo 3 support is kinda useless. For one, the lack of 32-bit color, as well as the support of hig res textures. say, if you want to play glide games, put your voodoo 3 up on ebay, and buy yourself a voodoo 5.
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Thanks for keeping the Voodoo alive. The only issue I've ever had was banding when exiting UT2003, and I understand the new drivers will fix that. :)
Voodoo 3 support isn't useless, I have a v3 :D 3500! If the driver can emulate some inexistent features and add others, or recompile it to support SSE that would be good in my opinion.
Maybe someone can make the tv feature works in pal-m, which is my only problem with the card.
Tbred A 1700+/A7V133
512MB pc133 cas222
Voodoo 3 3500
Maybe someone can make the tv feature works in pal-m, which is my only problem with the card
did you try to modify the registry ?
HEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\3dfx interactive\visualreality
try to change the videostandard from 1 to 4 (i think this is the Pal-M)
Any news about this new release?. It's been 15 days since the last post and we have no news.
Thanks.
lecram25 wrote:
> Don't wanna sound mean or anything, but Voodoo 3 support is kinda useless. For one, the lack
> of 32-bit color, as well as the support of hig res textures. say, if you want to play glide
> games, put your voodoo 3 up on ebay, and buy yourself a voodoo 5.
Now, this kind of posts really annoy me [:(] FYI, I have a PowerColor EvilKing3 Voodoo3 3000 PCI. I also have a V4 and a V5. The V3 is still the king, in my opinion. From the chip point of view, it's inferior, I'll admit. From the card point of view, is better than V4/5. It has been proved stable with crazy timings that give shimmering on V4/5 [:O]. Even I could cook an egg on it running, it never failed to display a triangle so far. :D
he, he you can play glide games even with a Voodoo 1 !
i ran FreeSpace2 with my V3 3K and with my V5 ; believe me, the picture quality with the V3 was really excellent ;)
which drivers do l load for windows xp and the voodoo 6000 card ????
win2k ones hey for the v6000 and koolsmokey files on top i got them too from kool
seems that LogicalMadness is planning a driver for XP Home/Pro but it's not available yet
for the moment, the only drivers for the V5 6K that i know are for Win9x/Me or Win2k
QuoteNow, this kind of posts really annoy me FYI, I have a PowerColor EvilKing3 Voodoo3 3000 PCI. I also have a V4 and a V5. The V3 is still the king, in my opinion. From the chip point of view, it's inferior, I'll admit. From the card point of view, is better than V4/5. It has been proved stable with crazy timings that give shimmering on V4/5 . Even I could cook an egg on it running, it never failed to display a triangle so far.
So if your Voodoo3 is so damn powerfull and great, why aren't people giving two ****s about a driver update?
QuoteVoodoo 3 support isn't useless, I have a v3 3500! If the driver can emulate some inexistent features and add others, or recompile it to support SSE that would be good in my opinion.
Maybe someone can make the tv feature works in pal-m, which is my only problem with the card.
So you want to emulate features that are non existent on the Voodoo 3? Tell me, how do you emulate 32-bit color? ROFL So let's say that you're able to emulate some features that bring it up to VSA-100 par, so what then. You'd then have to "double emulate" because the VSA family of chips is struggling alot in newer games. Face it, voodoo 3 support is useless for newer games.
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How are the beta testing of the NEW Amigamerling going on?
I think that the VSA-100 chip will never be in the best form, because of the drivers, and thus
is a long hard road out of hell for the Voodoo users.
I managed to put my hands on the 3dfx driver souce code, and saw there some desperate tricks
that the 3dfx driver developers try to do to finish the NT support before the 3dfx gone in the shadow.
I must say that the support for Windows NT(no matter what NT) is critical.
indeed, only 4 3Dfx drivers and 2 "third party drivers" for NT4...
the problem is that NT4 is not really a OS for the game, if some "old" games supported NT4, this is not the case now because Win2k is here...
I was speaking about every NT OS's!!!
This includes XP and 2000 because they are build on NT technology.
The first time when Windows 2000 was in developing, it was called NT 5.0, if you don't belive it... try yourself the "about windows" box;
And the Xp is NT5.1
i was only speaking about NT4 and not Win2k or XP
for NT4 the support is really poor !
Congrats to your Amigamerlin and the one they call "KOOL"..
Is he locked away day after day in a labratory with voodoo cards and dll's, codes and lab rats. Someone let him out!
Is the brightness "bug" you speak of Amigamerlin in reference to Lack of it with the 2.5 and 3dhq drivers. If it wasn't for powerstrip I'd be left in the dark, literally with allot of my newer games..
So if your Voodoo3 is so damn powerfull and great, why aren't people giving two ****s about a driver update?
Are you trying to piss me off? [:(!] Well, the answer is: for the same reason people looses interest in 3dfx hardware in general. That's why! It takes either nostalgia or enthusiasm to keep 3dfx hardware alive.
I know top 3dfx coders (public figures) that have quit the 3dfx arena. My deepest respect to them keeps me from diplaying their name here!
Next time when you're sarcastic think about that! Think you're on top just because you have a V5? [xx(] Don't worry, there are lots of people that think the same about your V5 (just as you think today about V3). And, FYI, the V5 AGP requires special AGP voltage (thus restricting the choices about MoBos); and, believe me, getting a V3 PCI (which can be plugged in any Mobo whatsoever) is a *LOT* more easier than getting a V5 PCI!
PS: this *IS* a 3dfx forum, so if you feel arguing with somebody in particular (ie: me [}:)]) try to keep it in particular (by email). Bottom line, post only useful messages on the forum, not garbage :D
Just checking in. I hope everyone had a nice 4th of July "Independence day" for those of you from the UK and down under its when crazed Americans get the day off from work, Get drunk, and when it gets dark they shoot bottle rockets at each other. I stayed inside. I had a dream where I was running a Amigamerlin 9.0 that was like 3d with crystal clear picture and images that could run on P-2's even with great clarity and performance. [:(!] Damn it, my cat woke me up! Later barez...
Anybody checking in with Kool. Somebody taking him some lemonade and a sandwhich down in his labratory. Maybe he should come out and get some sun...
Hey how about a weekly update on progress..
It's been more than a month since this new https://www.3dfxzone.it/dir/news/3dfx/working_on_amigamerlin_3.0/ appeared at 3dfxzone.it. Anything new?
[?] wake me up when its out!.. Seriously. Anxiously awaiting. I'm sure it takes allot of hard work on Kool's free time.
i been just banned from x3dfx for proveing the v6000 was a darm good card that currenty playing games in 8x mode with high end frame rates
this is beta testing results from these drivers
Great work koolsmokey hey
Regards
ElvisLAive
Elvis, did you really get banned from the x3Dfx forum again? [:o)]
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Something new about Amigamerlin 3.0?. ElvIs...don't worry. I don't understand guys at X-3dfX community. If someone wants to talk about 3dfx is banned. It's ridiculos!
Right on Panoramix...
hmmmz, these drivers seem to really improve the v5 6k...
will the v5 5500 also improve in performance? or only added compatebility?
/edit: what happened to the 3dhq version of the drivers? was that code released? and what about aquous new ICD and AF?
Hiya Guys,
I'm also from the X3dfX forum, but unfortunately, I feel that it is no longer 3dfx related @ all(among other things), thus why I've come here.
It's good 2 be part of a true 3dfx forum again,looking forward to the new drivers that you guys have put soooooo much hard work into.
Regards
;)
**Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.**
There's another good forum out there.
Falconfly.de
Small community like this one but very welcoming.
Thanx lecram25, that'll be my next stop. :)
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OK I about fell over. I found this site that has a link for the
Amigamerlin 3.0 final build driver. Is this legit? Here is the link.
http://www.softnews.ro/
Oh -- I see there is another site re-distributing the new AmigaMerlin driver 3.0 on two mirror sites of it's own -- legit? well - considering that I saw a licence agreement upon downloading the drivers from this site I would assume not, but let's see.
AmigaMerlin -- is this a legitamate way of dirstibuting your teams driver set[?]
The amigamerlin 2.9 for windows 98 is bad! (sorry...) COlin mcrae rally is freeze, and bad 3d mark score!! (voodoo 3 2000 16mb)
this topic is old, why would u post something in it