CA Voodoo3 Drivers Win2K

The first line on says 1. 07 must be installed first! Now, maybe I'm just stupid, but isn't the highest Voodoo3 driver version for Win 2000 1. 04? If you go here: you will see that the ONLY version 1.

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The first line on http://www.voodoofiles.com/3928 says "1.07 must be installed first!" Now, maybe I'm just stupid, but isn't the highest Voodoo3 driver version for Win 2000 1.04? If you go here: http://www.3dfx.com/downloads.htm you will see that the ONLY version 1.07 drivers are for Win98/ME. So, to use these CA Win2000 drivers, I must install Win98 drivers first? Does that sound wrong to anyone else? If anyone knows anything about this, please enlighten me. Thanks.
 
P.S. Are these drivers any good?

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The last Beta 3DFX did was 1.07 for windows 2k but they do not have it available from there site. Voodoo Files does have a link to it.
 
I did have problems with the 1.07 on the D3D end of things work fine for Open GL

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This it last know set Voodoo3 drivers for Win2000 v3-w2k-1.03.00.exe in fact they are the same drivers as in Voodoo4,5.
No Win9x drivers do not work on Win2000.

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The only problem I noticed was under 3dmark 2000. Everything, especially under the P3 optimizations were psyachadelic. UT runs smoothly. The best part is the overclocking feature as a standard part, so you dont have to do anything once the drivers are installed.
I wont complain, since they are MS WHQL certified.

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So the win2000 beta drivers (Voodoo_Win2k.exe) dated 3/22/01 are the 1.07 drivers that need to be installed first ( http://www.voodoofiles.com/3872 )?
 
[This message has been edited by Qun Mang (edited 11 April 2001).]

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I disagree SHS they also released 1.04beta and an offical 1.04 set about a month after they announced that they were selling out they released what they said was the last set of drivers and it was 1.07 betas for win2k http://www.voodoofiles.com/3625
 
Here is the read me from the 1.07
 
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Voodoo3 Windows:registered: 2000 Driver Kit
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Voodoo3 Driver kit: 1.07.00-BETA
 
Copyright ( 1998-2000 3dfx Interactive, Inc. )
All Rights Reserved
 
NOTE: Use of this software is subject to the terms in the 3dfx license
agreement.
 
3dfx Interactive, Inc.
Website: http://www.3dfx.com
 
This product may be covered by one or more of the following
US patents: 5,724,561 5,740,343 5,808,621 5,822,452 5,831,624
 
=======================================================================
What's in the distribution?
=======================================================================
 
This distribution contains Voodoo drivers and control panel for
Windows 2000 . The DirectDraw portion of the drivers supports Direct3D
when using DirectX 8.0
 
=======================================================================
Installation
=======================================================================
 
Requirements
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- Windows 2000
- PC with a Pentium, Pentium II, or Pentium Pro Processor and a free
AGP or PCI slot
- 16MB of RAM
 
Fresh Installation
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NOTE: Complete Steps 1 and 2 before removing your existing 2D card.
 
1) Download the kit to a directory on your local machine.
2) Before removing your existing 2D card switch the video driver to
Standard VGA. Click Start, Control Panel. Double-click on Display.
 
Select 640X480 and 16 colors. Accept the changes.
 
3) Power off the system and remove your existing 2D card.
4) Install the Voodoo Card in a free AGP or PCI Slot
5) Power on the system and verify that video appears during post.
6) Start Windows in Normal mode
 
(Once Windows starts you may be notified that no video device
exists, click Cancel if this message appears)
 
7) Run the 3dfx executable from the location it was downloaded to.
8) Click on DriverSetup.exe to install Voodoo Driver.
9) Select 'Yes, I want to restart my computer now' when prompted.
 
 
Upgrade Existing Voodoo Drivers
--------------------------------
 
1) Start Windows 2000
2) Download the kit to a directory on your local machine.
3) Open the directory where the kit has been placed and double-click on the
executable and extract to a temporary location.
4) Click on DriverSetup.exe to install Voodoo Driver.
5) Select 'Yes, I want to restart my computer now' when prompted.
 
=======================================================================
Troubleshooting Techniques
=======================================================================
 
Problem:
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User can only access a resolution of 640x480 although any colour depth
is available
 
Explanation:
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This happens when the monitor is set to unknown or default
 
Solution:
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Change monitor selection on display properties page by following the
following instructions:
 
* Right click on desktop and select properties from the drop down menu
 
* Click on the settings tab and select advanced
 
* Choose monitor tab
 
* Select change
 
* Follow the instructions and change to either PnP (Plug and Play) or
the exact model of the monitor

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Azreal wrong thoses drivers are from x3dfx get your fact rigth.
The last set drivers where done by 3dfx was in 11/21/2000 10 day after that 3dfx stop all driver deployment stop 5 days later 3dfx was in talks with nVidia well you know the rest of story.

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I installed these right over my 1.04's (filename says 1.03 for some reason, but they are 1.04s) in 2k with SP1 and things seem to run fine, better actually. Quake III isn't all screwy anymore and UT is a tad smoother.