polarcat

53 Posts
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Joined 2000-03-14

#26761

2000-08-14 17:36

some time there was a comparison between detonators v5.32 and v6.01 on reactorcritical http://www.reactorcritical.com/cgi-bin/n...pl=archive.http
 
probably the could be more enhancements now, since currently it is detonator v6.18...

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DocSilly

135 Posts
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Joined 1999-07-17

#26762

2000-08-15 02:59

Just look at SharkyExtreme or AnandTech, those drivers are great.
I tested MDK2 test on my PII 450/Geforce DDR at 1024x32bit, I got 39fps with 5.30's and 50fps on the 6.18's (vsync disabled); UT timedemo 1 gave me a nice 38 fps at 1024x32bit with the new ones. It's almost a free card upgrade

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wind

79 Posts
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Joined 2001-01-01

#26763

2000-08-15 09:22

Detonator 3 drivers lease my ass with an option to own!
 
And when you you were wondering how they pulled all that extra speed from 5.xx they've done it again..excellent

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wind

79 Posts
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Joined 2001-01-01

#26764

2000-08-15 11:02

OOoooooh, and, video out works without rebooting now! ON THE FLY! yeahh!

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halen

30 Posts
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Joined 2000-06-26

#26765

2000-08-15 16:04

Does it make any difference with TNT2Ultras in Win2000. I know the new drivers are actually slower in Win98SE, but no one has talked about 2000.

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spacey

221 Posts
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Joined 1999-10-18

OP

#26766

2000-08-15 16:13

yeah i got a tnt2, i noticed a little bit of a speed increase from the 5.30 drivers. anyway these guys aren't buggy or anything so i mean, what do you have to lose? if it does'n break it, take it

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ByronT

165 Posts
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Joined 1999-11-24

#26767

2000-08-15 16:55

I got a BSOD the first time I installed them, so I booted into safe mode, removed them via the Control Panel Add/Remove Software and then rebooted. Re-installed them with all applications killed - including NAV2000.
 
Now, I think they're faster, and more importantly, they're more stable. And combined with X-Setup from xteq systems ( www.xteq.com), I can speed up my TNT2 Ultra using NVidia's own overclocker app.
 
Just my $0.02...
 
 
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J. Byron Todd
Computer Consultant
byron@toddcomp.com
Todd Computer Solutions

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deckard

43 Posts
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Joined 2000-03-07

#26768

2000-08-15 20:26

Quick question about the D3 drivers...is the 'full-screen-gaming refresh-rate problem' finally resolved under Win2k or do we once again have to hack an INF file?
Thanks in advance.

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Dragon-Lord

274 Posts
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Joined 2000-03-11

#26769

2000-08-15 21:48

I just dumped powerstrip 2.72 to try and the proper refreshes for my monitor (75-85khz) are being used automatically. I want to still boost it up higher with pstrip, but that app doesn't seem to like the new d3 drivers. So, this'll do for now...
 
:}
 
 
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W2K Pro(Purchased Retail, ACPI/SMP)
Supermicro SBDBS r1.02, Bios 3.0 (dead on-board SCSI chip)
2xPIII @450mhz (not o/c)
256mb PC100 Ram in 2 sticks
3xIDE HDs (50gb total, all NTFS) and 1 Pioneer IDE DVD-ROM (all UDMA)
Geforce 256 DDR (32mb), CL AnnPro (DET v5.32)
SBLive! Platinum with digital breakout card (LW3.0)
3COm 3C515-TX ISA Ethernet 10/100 (W2k CD)
SIIG AP-40 UWide SCSI PCI (W2K CD)
Nikon LS-2000 SCSI film scanner (drivers now released)
Sony SDT-9000 SCSI 4mm DAT (W2K CD)
SAF 4012 SCSI CD-Write (W2K CD)
Iomega Zip 100 SCSI Drive (no drivers)
MS Natural Keyboard Pro USB (updated MS drivers)
MS Intellimouse Optical USB (updated MS drivers)
HP Laserjet 6L via USB printing (W2K CD)
Epson Stylus Photo 700 via parallel
Rainbow Sentinel Parallel Dongle for LightWave6

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SuperG

54 Posts
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Joined 2000-06-03

#26770

2000-08-16 01:33

These drivers also get rid of the problem with the flicker and the mouse shadow! Whoohoo!
-Super

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clutch

3857 Posts
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Joined 2000-03-29

#26771

2000-08-16 02:09

Big improvement for me. Went from ~80fps in demo001 to 92fps in 800x600x32bit. I was so accustomed to hacking the inf file, that I didn't check to see if the default refreshes in game would be 85Hz or better (I normally run 100Hz@800x600).
 
Win2K Retail
PIII 550@605
256MB RAM
25GB IDE HD (IBM)
ASUS P3B-F
Visiontek GeForce SDR 130/180 (ver 6.18 drivers)
SB Live! MP3+
Intel Pro/100 Mgmt Adapter
Samsung 5x DVD/32x CD Drive
 
 
 
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Regards,
 
clutch

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tourettes

38 Posts
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Joined 2000-03-02

#26772

2000-08-16 21:18

Anyone had lockups with these new drivers? I just had one complete lockup, dislay just freezed. I didn't have this problem with 5.22 drivers.
 
Mouse cursor seems to be fixed in this release althou.

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jjaaskel

36 Posts
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Joined 2000-02-09

#26773

2000-08-16 22:51

I have lockups. My win2k freezes in boot when there is first time "blue screen" appear. With previous drivers I had never lockups. I have tnt2 viper 770 ultra

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jjaaskel

36 Posts
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#26774

2000-08-16 22:56

I have lockups. My win2k freezes in boot when there is first time "blue screen" appear. With previous drivers I had never lockups. I have tnt2 viper 770 ultra

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FrogMaster

450 Posts
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Joined 2000-03-08

#26775

2000-08-16 23:44

Here are my results:
BP6 2xCels 366@561 Elsa Erazor X2
Quake 3 demo001
WIN2K
Textures---------16bits------32bits
smp_0------------72fps-------66fps
smp_1------------57fps-------53fps
realtime_smp_1---53fps-------52fps
 
WIN98------------58fps-------54fps
 
These drivers rock in WIN2K!
WIN2K is now FASTER than Win98
 
But...UT stutters and pagefiles like hell!
(game's d3d dll problem again I believe).
UT randomly locks in ogl mode...f*** glide engine).

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Exorcist

118 Posts
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Joined 2000-01-29

#26776

2000-08-17 00:54

With these new drivers, I did have one problem on first boot-up after when my mouse/keyboard refused to work - but it's been perfectly fine since....and games just rock with the new drivers.
 
-Ex-

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tourettes

38 Posts
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#26777

2000-08-17 06:42

Again one lockup with these shiny new drivers. Now it locked up only after 8 hours had passed from last reboot.
 
With 5.32 drivers longest uptime was a little bit over three weeks and then I had to reboot to install Service Pack 1. So, back to 5.32 drivers. Only thing that I miss from 6.18 drivers is working mouse cursor. Performance comes only second to stability.
 
 
My system :
 
Abit BP6 2x400@552 Celeron
256Mb RAM
Asus 32Mb TNT2

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nagual

220 Posts
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Joined 2000-05-09

#26778

2000-08-17 10:58

you can turn of paging in ut..which you should if you have >=128 mb
in advanced properties
 
[This message has been edited by nagual (edited 17 August 2000).]

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ShadowDrgn

2 Posts
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Joined 2000-08-19

#26779

2000-08-19 07:29

I have the EXACT same problem jjaaskel, except I don't have the ultra card, just a normal Viper V770.
 
These drivers aren't worth using if I have to boot my computer twice a day just to get into windows, plus who knows what other problems they're causing that I haven't noticed yet...
 
Anyone else? Anyone have a solution?

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Ronin

277 Posts
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Joined 1999-09-06

#26780

2000-08-20 08:44

No problems here, I can now turn the acceleration all the way up with my Hercules GF 2 64 meg card and not get any 2D screen glitches like I did with the 5.32 drivers
 
Nothing but great things here.
 
 
 
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My Windows 2000 System:
 
Dual Intel 850's
Tyan Thunder 2400 MB
Onboard Intel 82559 NIC
512 Megs Ram
Adaptec 39160 Ultra 160
1 - 18 Gig Cheetah - U160
2 - 18 Gig Cheetah U2W
1 - Maxtor 60 Gig (IDE)
SB Live Platinum
Plextor 12/4/32 - Burner
Plextor 40x UW CD-Rom
10x Sony DVD Drive
Hercules Geforce 2 64meg
Dual V2 Cards, for D2
Viewsonic PF815 22" Monitor
...
My Win ME System:
 
PIII 733
Asus P3C4X MB
256 Megs PC133 Mem
Adaptec U2W Scsi Card
1 - 9 Gig Cheetah 10K
48x IDE CD-Rom
CL Geforce DDR
ESS 1371 Sound Card

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