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Detonator 5.08

by Maarten Goldstein, Mar 07, 2000 6:47am PST

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#67: I was afraid of that. Oh well, more reason to get the 64 Mb NV15.

Mar 07, 2000 6:27pm PST

#67: I was afraid of that. Oh well, more reason to get the 64 Mb NV15. : belzebutt

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Does anyone have a problem using reference drivers and the viper 770 ultra and trying to watch a dvd movie? my system has done this with all nvidia ref drivers....

Mar 07, 2000 5:14pm PST

Does anyone have a problem using reference drivers and the viper 770 ultra and trying to watch a dvd movi... : synaptic revolt

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keepin\' the flow flowin\'.

Mar 07, 2000 5:05pm PST

keepin\' the flow flowin\'. : freshview

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There\'s a new ASUS BIOS driver for the K7m... hopefully this won\'t kill my configs...

Mar 07, 2000 4:54pm PST

There\'s a new ASUS BIOS driver for the K7m... hopefully this won\'t kill my configs... : indeego

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I\'m curious how Reactorcritical can get away with these driver releases so publicly... Doesn\'t Nvidia try and stop this from happening or do they kinda \"let it slide\" do we\'re all beta testers...?

Mar 07, 2000 4:53pm PST

I\'m curious how Reactorcritical can get away with these driver releases so publicly... Doesn\'t Nvidia t... : indeego

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I enabled AA on my GeForce and this is what I get:

With:
http://fightclub.dhs.org/SHOT0002.jpg

Without:
http://fightclub.dhs.org/SHOT0003.jpg

It looks like a pretty noticable difference in the shots, but I didn\'t find it that much better in the game. There was still a \"shimmering\" effect on edges when you move around, although it was less pronounced.

However, the textures and the overall image quality seemed worse, kind of like if you were looking at a JPG instead of an uncompressed image.

And of course it\'s MUCH slower. Maybe it\'ll work for NFS or some other old games, but not in Quake3.

By the way, you can enable and disable AA even while running Q3, just do a vid_restart for the change to take effect.

Mar 07, 2000 4:46pm PST

I enabled AA on my GeForce and this is what I get: With: http://fightclub.dhs.org/SHOT0002.jpg Wit... : belzebutt

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Well, I tried these drivers with the S3TC on and off. When it\'s on, it\'s REALLY fast on DM9, but... BUT... the visual quality really sucks I must say. Look at these shots:

Without S3TC:
http://fightclub.dhs.org/SHOT0000.jpg
Beauty...

With S3TC:
http://fightclub.dhs.org/SHOT0001.jpg
Ok, the sky sucks, but look at the texture just under the crosshair. It\'s got this weird discoloration effect and you can tell exactly where the edges of the texture are. UUUUGLY. And it happens all over the level, where before you had nice smooth walls, now you have these tiled textures.

I REALLY hope this is just a temporary problem and not a flaw in S3TC or in the GeForce.

Mar 07, 2000 4:29pm PST

Well, I tried these drivers with the S3TC on and off. When it\'s on, it\'s REALLY fast on DM9, but... BUT : belzebutt

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#58 because what CPU do they show the FPS on? A 1 Ghz or a 500 MhZ? Anything they show would be criticized... Especially if they spell as badly as I...

Mar 07, 2000 3:51pm PST

#58 because what CPU do they show the FPS on? A 1 Ghz or a 500 MhZ? Anything they show would be critici... : indeego

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It\'s Japanese Castles ctf & dm for Quake III Arena
http://www.members.home.net/mburbidge/

Mar 07, 2000 3:32pm PST

It\'s Japanese Castles ctf & dm for Quake III Arena http://www.members.home.net/mburbidge/ : haccess

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#50: What map is this? Looks really cool.

Mar 07, 2000 3:30pm PST

#50: What map is this? Looks really cool. : belzebutt

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yes I just looked at the photo\'s and I\'m not getting the banding you guy\'s are ...why I don\'t know but the sky is very nice ,what I am getting is truncated explosions. If anyone has a fix for this ,well I might be very grateful.

Mar 07, 2000 2:49pm PST

yes I just looked at the photo\'s and I\'m not getting the banding you guy\'s are ...why I don\'t know bu... : ^^*_shackhead_*^^

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yes I just look at the photo\'s and I\'m not getting the banding you guy\'s are ...why I don\'t know but the sky is very nice ,what I am getting is truncated explosions. If anyone has a fix for this ,well I might be very grateful.

Mar 07, 2000 2:49pm PST

yes I just look at the photo\'s and I\'m not getting the banding you guy\'s are ...why I don\'t know but ... : ^^*_shackhead_*^^

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I get no banding in the sky in q3a and also have anyone other than myself tried quake2 with the new drivers ....very nice indeed. I do believe I will play some more quake 2 tonight.

Mar 07, 2000 2:39pm PST

I get no banding in the sky in q3a and also have anyone other than myself tried quake2 with the new drive... : ^^*_shackhead_*^^

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New drivers kick ass, q3dm9 slowdown is gone, 5 fps increase, AA sucks though...oh well im happy!

Mar 07, 2000 2:05pm PST

New drivers kick ass, q3dm9 slowdown is gone, 5 fps increase, AA sucks though...oh well im happy! : ghost in my shell

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It does make for nice eyecandy but I doubt anybody will want to use it... ranges from 15-40fps, usually hangs around 20-25. Maybe the NV20 can produce images like this: http://www.quakeclan.net/dis/gfaa5.jpg
And notice the banding in the sky... ugh. I hope that\'s something they can get sorted out

Mar 07, 2000 1:46pm PST

It does make for nice eyecandy but I doubt anybody will want to use it... ranges from 15-40fps, usually h... : haccess

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Thanks much for the pics. I have to say I\'m pretty impressed considering this wasn\'t a highly touted issue with Nvidia as it is with 3Dfx. Those pics look very nice indeed.

Ph

Mar 07, 2000 1:41pm PST

Thanks much for the pics. I have to say I\'m pretty impressed considering this wasn\'t a highly touted is... : playerhater

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That one looks alot better. You should try taking some ones from Tourney2 where there are lots of high arches, metal grates and cascading lights.

Mar 07, 2000 1:29pm PST

That one looks alot better. You should try taking some ones from Tourney2 where there are lots of high a... : johnny rotten

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Here it is using Alt+Print screen so you can see what I see (brightness/contrast modified). Graphical glitches where the Armor on the hud is fux0red and the gun move\'s over the head.
http://www.quakeclan.net/dis/gfaa2.jpg
Haccess

Mar 07, 2000 1:20pm PST

Here it is using Alt+Print screen so you can see what I see (brightness/contrast modified). Graphical gli : haccess

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Doesnt look so shit hot (not that Im surprised really). There\'s still obvious aliasing effects (base of the wall, lights). I expect that 3dfx\'s accumulation, err, t-buffers will be the way to go for nice FSAA.

Mar 07, 2000 1:19pm PST

Doesnt look so shit hot (not that Im surprised really). There\'s still obvious aliasing effects (base o... : johnny rotten

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Got a little insight into how the fs aa works on the geforce... looks like it\'s running high res and shrinking it or something... check the shot:
http://www.quakeclan.net/dis/gfaa.jpg
That\'s a normal screenshot, but it shows 1/4 of the screen. That\'s 800x600 32x32 at about 30fps

Mar 07, 2000 1:13pm PST

Got a little insight into how the fs aa works on the geforce... looks like it\'s running high res and shr... : haccess

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Has anyone tried the anti-aliasing yet? How does it look? I don\'t care about the speed, we all know AA takes some juice to use. Just curious about how well it works.

Ph

Mar 07, 2000 1:05pm PST

Has anyone tried the anti-aliasing yet? How does it look? I don\'t care about the speed, we all know AA t... : playerhater

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#36: They say it brings the speed down by about 1/2, it might be enough to work in older games like NFS.

Mar 07, 2000 12:54pm PST

#36: They say it brings the speed down by about 1/2, it might be enough to work in older games like NFS. : belzebutt

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Here\'s a juicy tidbit: how to enable anti-aliasing on the GeForce with the new drivers:
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/christopher.hill/faq.html#sw:drv:aa

Mar 07, 2000 12:45pm PST

Here\'s a juicy tidbit: how to enable anti-aliasing on the GeForce with the new drivers: http://web.ukon... : belzebutt

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Anyone know if these drivers enable texture compression on TNT2 cards? Wishful thinking, I know, but still...

Mar 07, 2000 12:21pm PST

Anyone know if these drivers enable texture compression on TNT2 cards? Wishful thinking, I know, but sti... : afty

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I got 3.8 fps increase on my PII-350 and TNT1. Anyone know if these drivers allow us to play the DMMQ3DM series in all thier glory?

http://www.dmmunderground.com/default.asp?menu=quake_iii_arena&sub_menu=exclusive

I\'d love to see Lonely Planet in full detail.

Mar 07, 2000 12:11pm PST

I got 3.8 fps increase on my PII-350 and TNT1. Anyone know if these drivers allow us to play the DMMQ3DM... : pupismyname

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#30 maybe there\'s a way to not compress the skies...

Mar 07, 2000 11:48am PST

#30 maybe there\'s a way to not compress the skies... : belzebutt

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Will these work well for a plain old TNT1?

Any reports? Framerate increase? Hard Drive explode?

*hawkeye*

Mar 07, 2000 11:32am PST

Will these work well for a plain old TNT1? Any reports? Framerate increase? Hard Drive explode? * : |hawkeye|

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