CoolColJ Posted June 9, 2000 Share Posted June 9, 2000 Go grab your DEt 2 drivers from www.nvidia.com WOW - big smoothness improvement for CM Now if I can get this FSAA thingie up for my TNT2, I've seen it on a Geforce GTS 2 ------------------ Check out my CM mods, Music and artwork www.geocities.com/coolcolj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemo2 Posted June 9, 2000 Share Posted June 9, 2000 CoolColJ, I don't have a TNT2 card, but according to this site, the Anti Aliasing tab will only show up if you have a GeForce or GeForce 2 card. http://www.3dchipset.com/beta/nvidia/522/win9x.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolColJ Posted June 9, 2000 Author Share Posted June 9, 2000 Yes I concede that Well at least I can texture AA on a my TNT2 I'm saving for a 64 meg Leadtek Geforcce GTS2 wow 64 megs can sure hold some cracking CM tetxures Tweaked Tetxure v4.0 here we come ------------------ Check out my CM mods, Music and artwork www.geocities.com/coolcolj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GriffinCheng+ Posted June 9, 2000 Share Posted June 9, 2000 I am happy because I have made some wise investment on a CL Geforce DDR FSAA ...and of course, my Powerbook Griffin @ home ------------------ "+" is just the beginning. Expect to see "GriffinCheng76", "GriffinCheng(105)" or "GriffinChengA3E8" more should Forum problems occur again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Lucke Posted June 10, 2000 Share Posted June 10, 2000 Eh --- I'm waiting for nVidia to start shipping their new SB15 chipset. Till then, I'll just suffer with my TNT2. Hey CCJ: You really see that much improvement over the last Detonator .0368 drivers? I kinda like the info suite that came with my Elsa card, and am waffling on installing nVidia's latest edition... [This message has been edited by von Lucke (edited 06-10-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolColJ Posted June 10, 2000 Author Share Posted June 10, 2000 WHat I did was install it over my leadtek drivers, and now have both sets of info control applets you company will incorporate the latest drivers into theirs soon anyway ccj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest *Captain Foobar* Posted June 10, 2000 Share Posted June 10, 2000 I just installed these Detonator drivers for Nvidia / Win 98. The graphics & smoothness have been improved, but there is a possible bug to squash.... Whenever I minimize Combat Mission, the graphics go away, but the sounds are still there. I end up having to exit by pushing ALT-Q, and pushing "yes" blind. On one attempt, it reset my CM resolution to 640X480, and I was forced to reinstall CM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schugger Posted June 10, 2000 Share Posted June 10, 2000 Outing Time! 1- I have a Riva TNT2 M64 Graphic Card with 32MB and Windows 98, are this new drivers of any use for me? 2- When they are of any use, which drivers exactly do i have to dl? Is TNTW9X.exe the right one? 3- Is there anything important to pay attention for when i install the new drivers? I really fear to botch something with my system. Thanks in advance Schugger PS No smileys were used because they were ashamed to appear in this message. There are some rumours that some of them prepare an ambush for MrPeng. Wait.... there is a straggler... ...obviously uncertain what to do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolColJ Posted June 10, 2000 Author Share Posted June 10, 2000 Foobar - I don't think that would be driver related??? Try ALt-TAB Schugger, the DET 2 drivers work for all Nvidia cards :0 One size fits all, except you won't get the FSAA option Yeap that driver should work fine. The smoothness increase is noticable, especially in OpenGL. Make sure you follow the installation instructions in the readme. Don't install the executable in the zip file. ccj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
risc Posted June 10, 2000 Share Posted June 10, 2000 Hey Lucke what's SB15 chipset ? I have P3 500Mhz 256Mb ram Diamond TNT2 Ultra seems going great so far but my next target is 1Ghz P3 with 1GB ram and Hercules GeForce 2 64Mb DDR. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schugger Posted June 11, 2000 Share Posted June 11, 2000 Thanks CCJ, it seems that everything works fine. Now i have to find out what happens if i play a bit with the Open Glide options. If I'm still able to post tommorrow my PC is still alive.... Schugger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest *Captain Foobar* Posted June 11, 2000 Share Posted June 11, 2000 CCJ: Yep, I just tried minimizing CM wirth ALT-TAB instead of ESCAPE as normal, and it was the same problem. I have an intel P3-450, 128 megs RAM, and an Nvidia TNT-2 32mb ULTRA (tweaked). Do me a favor, try minimizing the game DURING the movie phase. I am hoping someone can replicate this problem. Thanx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolColJ Posted June 11, 2000 Author Share Posted June 11, 2000 I don't get that problem Infact its better now! I used to get heaps of graphics corruption, It seems to have lessened ccj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted June 11, 2000 Share Posted June 11, 2000 risc: I would strongly suggest you get one of the new improved Athlons (code name thunderbird) instead of a PIII. The Athlons are faster, cheaper, just as stable and you don't need that overly expensive rambus ram to make them go fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Lucke Posted June 11, 2000 Share Posted June 11, 2000 risc: The SB15 is nVidia's code name for it's next generation (post-GeForce) 3D accelerator chip. I don't know the particulars, but it uses something called "bump-mapping" and is supposed to be even hotter than the GeForce2. Out sometime next year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screamin Demon Posted June 11, 2000 Share Posted June 11, 2000 How does one see what type of Vid Card one has? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screamin Demon Posted June 11, 2000 Share Posted June 11, 2000 Oh i found out how, i gots a nVidia TNT2, is that good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Compassion Posted June 11, 2000 Share Posted June 11, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by von Lucke: risc: The SB15 is nVidia's code name for it's next generation (post-GeForce) 3D accelerator chip.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> You sure you don't mean the NV15? That's what's in the Geforce2... Their next chip is codenamed NV20 and is expected near the end of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screamin Demon Posted June 11, 2000 Share Posted June 11, 2000 I tried to install the thing u were talking about, but it said it was unable to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screaming Demon Posted June 11, 2000 Share Posted June 11, 2000 Well that DEt 2 driver totally screwed things up and I had to RE install windows. That really sucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screaming Demon Posted June 11, 2000 Share Posted June 11, 2000 Ok so now I want to try and use it again, but I'm unsure of which one to download, so can someone please tell me. Here is what im running- Win98 with TNT2. Help Appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolColJ Posted June 11, 2000 Author Share Posted June 11, 2000 There is only one DET 2 driver there, just download the win95/98.zip version. Then manually unzip the file. * read the readme in the zip! Its there its for a reason. It outlines in full detail how to install it. Ok basicly this is what you do 1)Right click on desktop, go into Settings>Advanced>Adaptor >Change - then change your driver to a standard VGA driver (select next, display a list of drivers). Reboot windows when it asks you after you select OK. 2)You should be in 640x480 - 16 colours. Ok repeat the above steps, except instead of choosing VGA, select have disk, and go to the folder you unpacked the driver to. select Nvidia TNT2, select Finish>Ok, then reboot. It will reboot to a new res and refresh rate. Right click and go setup up the screen resolutions and refresh rates to taste. Also goto to Nvidia tab and select additional properties, and configure the graphics quality you desire Now that asn't hard was it??? ccj [This message has been edited by CoolColJ (edited 06-11-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest *Captain Foobar* Posted June 11, 2000 Share Posted June 11, 2000 (hanging my head in shame) you'd be surprised, CCJ. But , everything is functional now, so I will just chalk that up to a learning experience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolColJ Posted June 11, 2000 Author Share Posted June 11, 2000 Yeap - changing the display driver to VGA first is the key! Its amazing how many people skip that step ccj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus Posted June 11, 2000 Share Posted June 11, 2000 Well I'm not risking using generic nVidia drivers. I'm gonna wait till Diamond comes out with newer ones. Their latest are still pretty new, 2-03-00. In fact, those were the second DirectX 7 compatible drivers they came out with. I'm using the 368 drivers, the other ones were 353. [This message has been edited by Maximus (edited 06-11-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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