Task Switching Woes in Win98

[Guest wwb_99]

I recently upgraded my box to with a new HDD and went with a clean install of win 98. It seems to be a big mistake, because while CM runs fine in most respects the 3d graphics go haywire any time I switch tasks.

Quite simply, I will hit [ESC] and drop to the desktop. Then I reopen the game, and the graphics flash, to the point that my desktop is still visible, and degenerate as you move the map.

I tried forcing anti-aliasing, but that had the effect of just forcing the graphics to flash immediately rather than after a task swap.

I have also tried un-overclocking with no effect.

I have tried to switch drivers but it has no effect on CM (downgrading to 6.31 made Counterstrike work tho).

My Current System

Celeron 533A running at 800

196mb SDRAM

Inno3d GeForce2 MX/ 32mb DDRAM

Win98 SE

Dx 7a and nVidia 6.31 drivers

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

WWB

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Before battle, my digital soldiers turn to me and say,

Ave, Caesar! Morituri te salutamus.

[Arien]

wwb_99

try to upgrade to the newest DirectX dirvers. the latest is 8.0a you can get em from microsoft at http://www.microsoft.com/directx/homeuser/downloads/default.asp

hope this helps

Arien

[Guest wwb_99]

Arien, you are correct. I had heard that Dx8 was buggy, so decided to avoid it on the recent upgrade. However, when I moved up to version 8.0a, last night it solved the problem. Thanks for your help and a public thanks to Madmatt for his help last night.

WWB

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Before battle, my digital soldiers turn to me and say,

Ave, Caesar! Morituri te salutamus.