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- Glide 2.4 Runtime Drivers
- for Voodoo Graphics
-
- Platform: Windows 95 and Windows NT
-
- Copyright ( 1997 3Dfx Interactive, Inc. )
- All Rights Reserved
-
- 3Dfx Interactive, Inc.
- website: www.3Dfx.com
- news server: news.3dfx.com
-
-
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- What's in the distribution?
- =======================================================================
- This distribution contains the Glide 2.4 drivers for Voodoo
- Graphics Based 3D Accelerators. These drivers were tested on the
- following boards:
-
- - Quantum 3D Obsidian
- - Diamond Monster 3D
- - Orchid Righteous 3D
- - Deltron Realvision Flash 3D
- - Guillemot MaxiGamer
- - Skywell Magic 3D
-
- NOTE: 3Dfx Interactive will provide support for 3Dfx reference board
- users only!! Monster 3D and Orchid Righteous 3D users are recommended to
- use drivers provided by each respective company to ensure that they can
- obtain full support.
-
- - Monster 3D supported drivers can be obtained from www.diamondmm.com
- - Righteous 3D supported drivers can be obtained from www.orchid.com
- - Flash 3D supported driver can be obtained from your Flash 3D reseller
-
-
- Included Files
- --------------
-
- GLIDE2X.DLL - Glide Voodoo Graphics Driver for Windows 95 and NT
- GLIDE2X.OVL - Glide Voodoo Graphics Driver for DOS
- FXMEMMAP.VXD - Windows 95 VXD for Voodoo Graphics
- GENPORT.SYS - Windows NT Device Driver for Voodoo Graphics
- MAPMEM.SYS - Windows NT Device Driver for Voodoo Graphics
- NTREMAP.SYS - Windows NT Device Driver for Voodoo Graphics
- README.TXT - This File
-
-
- Additional Files
- ----------------
-
- GLIDE.DLL - Glide 2.1.1 Driver for Windows 95 and NT
- SST1INIT.DLL - Glide 2.1.1 Init Driver for Windows 95 and NT
-
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- Installation
- =======================================================================
-
- Requirements
- ------------
-
- - Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0
- - PC with a Pentium or Pentium Pro Processor and a free PCI slot
-
-
- Installation
- ------------
-
- NOTE: If the setup program is run under Windows 95, both Windows
- and DOS drivers are installed. If the setup program is run
- under Windows NT (while using an Administrator account) Windows
- NT drivers and 3Dfx device services are installed.
-
- 1) Run the self extracting Glide 2.4 Runtime Drivers .exe file.
- 2) Click Setup.
- 3) Follow the on screen prompts.
- 4) After installation you may need to reboot the system.
-
-
-
- Troubleshooting
- ---------------
-
- ####
-
- Q: I have an S3 968/868 video card, why does my system lock
- up when I run a Glide or Direct3D title.
-
- A: S3 968 and 868 chipsets may misreport the mapped memory used.
- There is a chance that your Voodoo Graphics card will be
- assigned by Plug and Play a memory range that is used by the S3
- card, but not reported. The Voodoo Graphics card can be
- relocated by:
-
-
- Windows 95 Users: Please download the S3 Fix kit
- from the Downloads/Updates section of http://www.3dfx.com
-
-
- Windows NT Users: An NT service called NTREMAP is
- installed when Glide is added to an NT system.
- NTREMAP can change the memory address of a Voodoo
- Graphics board and prevent a conflict with an S3 card.
-
- To use NTREMAP, add the following registry values to:
- \HKLM\Software\3Dfx Interactive\NTRemap
-
- Value Name Type Value
- ---------- ---- -----
- EnableNTRemap DWORD 1 (HEX)
- ForceAddress DWORD 12000000 (HEX)
-
- The Force Address setting will vary, in this example
- 0x12000000 is used. This is normally free on most
- systems.
-
- NOTE: If you use an address that over-writes another
- device, Windows NT may not boot. If such a problem
- occurs, power off the system and remove your Voodoo
- Graphics. Alter the registry to use a different
- memory range (or remove the ForceAddress setting).
- Then Reinstall the Voodoo Graphics card into your
- system.
-
-
- ####
-
- Q: The display seems dark when a Glide title is running, how
- do I make the display brighter?
-
- A: Using a file editor (ie: Notepad), edit your \AUTOEXEC.BAT
- file. Add the following lines
-
- SET SST_RGAMMA=1.7
- SET SST_BGAMMA=1.7
- SET SST_GGAMMA=1.7
-
- 1.7 is the default value, increasing past this setting
- will raise gamma. It is however suggested that you
- don't raise the setting past 1.9
-
- ####