problems with winxp and voodoo3 card.

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matt - 26 Oct 2003 01:33 GMT

Hi this card worked fine in win98 with half life but I am trying to get it to work in winxp.
It is a 3dfx Voodoo3 agp card
The drivers loaded with xp are the microsoft drivers dated 6/6/2001 version 5.1.2001.0
the detail file version says 5.00.2489.0028
I go into half life and set the video mode to opengl and 640x480 or 1024x768.
I have tried with the default drivers and with the 3dfx mini driver's.
When I tried going into a game it gives me the error "the selected opengl mode is not
supported by you video card"
I think I use to use the mini driver with 98. Do I need to load other winxp drivers?
I have very little experience with xp and am not sure what to try next.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
matt

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Cannon Fodder - 26 Oct 2003 01:49 GMT

Try this.... There are drivers specifically for VooDoo3 and XP... They
work, I use them for my VD5 and Win2K.... Go here then to the bottom
of the page and click on "Last"....
http://www.voodoofiles.com/type.asp?cat_id=1

>Hi this card worked fine in win98 with half life but I am trying to get it to work in winxp.
>It is a 3dfx Voodoo3 agp card
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>Thanks
>matt

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Bertie - 26 Oct 2003 10:52 GMT

Or try these ones - i run them fine on my old pc with a voodoo3 and windows
XP

http://www.voodoofiles.com/6344

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Mike Kohary - 26 Oct 2003 23:21 GMT

> Hi this card worked fine in win98 with half life but I am trying to get it to work in winxp.
> It is a 3dfx Voodoo3 agp card

Others gave you a couple of tips regarding this, so I'm going to give you a
different kind of tip. Most people don't like to hear this kind of tip, but
try to consider it anyway: buy a new gfx card. :) Seriously, you're using
something that's 5 years out of date, and can buy a new card that would blow
that one away for less than $100, which you're virtually guaranteed not to
have any problems with under XP. If you can spend more, great, but if
you're on a tight budget, a card from a generation or two back won't run you
too much, and will make your Voodoo 3 seem to you like the relic that it is.

Good luck any way you choose to go,

Mike

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Cannon Fodder - 27 Oct 2003 00:25 GMT

It's still a good card for Half-Life... If he's not into any newer
games it will do him fine.... As I said before he just has to get XP
compatible drivers for it...

On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 14:21:13 -0800, "Mike Kohlrabi" <spam@be.gone>
wrote:

>> Hi this card worked fine in win98 with half life but I am trying to get it
>to work in winxp.
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>
>Mike

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matt - 29 Oct 2003 03:58 GMT

I tried the first drivers sugested by cannon fodder and it seems to work fine now.
This is my girlfriend's nephew's computer that I was helping with.
He may get a new vid card but do not think the need is pressing right now.
I have three radeon 8500's one 9600 pro one voodoo5 5500, an old blaster banshie
and a geforce 2 so I have updated a few times.
I run halflife on all of them but have not seen any other game worth the effort.
Since I just run half-life and seti I have stuck with 98 and that is why I
am kind of behind the times with winxp.
Thanks for the answers.
He is very happy to have it running in opengl mode rather than the software mode.
matt

> It's still a good card for Half-Life... If he's not into any newer
> games it will do him fine.... As I said before he just has to get XP
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> >
> >Mike

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