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- Windows(r) 9x Voodoo(tm) Driver Kit
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-
- Copyright ( 1998-2000 3dfx Interactive, Inc. )
- All Rights Reserved
-
- NOTE: Use of this software is subject to the terms in the 3dfx license
- agreement.
-
- 3dfx Interactive, Inc.
- Website: http://www.3dfx.com
-
- This product may be covered by one or more of the following
- US patents: 5,724,561 5,740,343 5,808,621 5,822,452 5,831,624 5,870,102
-
-
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- What's in the distribution?
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- This distribution contains Voodoo4 and Voodoo5 drivers, and
- 3dfx Tools for Windows 95/98. The DirectDraw portion of the drivers
- supports Direct3D when using DirectX 7.
-
- NOTE: DirectX 7 redistributable files should be used with these
- drivers!
-
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- Installation
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-
- Requirements
- ------------
-
- - Windows 95/98
- - PC with an Intel Pentium series or AMD K6/7 series processor
- - A free AGP or PCI slot
- - 16MB of RAM or more Suggested
-
- Fresh Installation
- ------------------
-
- NOTE: Complete Steps 1 and 2 before removing your existing 2D card.
-
- 1) Extract the files for the Voodoo driver to a directory.
- 2) Before removing your existing 2D card switch the video driver to
- Standard VGA. Click Start, Control Panel. Double-click on Display.
-
- Select 640X480 and 16 colors. Accept the changes.
-
- 3) Power off the system and remove your existing 2D card.
- 4) Install the Voodoo card in a free AGP or PCI Slot
- 5) Power on the system and verify that video appears during post.
- 6) Start Windows in Normal mode
-
- (Once Windows starts you may be notified that no video device
- exists, click Cancel if this message appears)
-
- 7) Go to the directory where you put the Voodoo driver, run
- the executable file Setup.exe. Click SETUP. At the welcome
- screen of 3dfx Tools, select NEXT. Click on YES when prompt to
- install Voodoo driver.
- 8) Follow instruction on the screen to install Voodoo driver
- and 3dfx Tools Control Panel.
- 9) Select 'Yes, I want to restart my computer now' when prompted.
- 10) Install DirectX 7.x.
-
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- Upgrade Existing Voodoo drivers
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-
- 1) Start Windows 95/98
- 2) Extract the files for the Voodoo driver to a directory.
- 3) Go to the directory where you put the Voodoo driver, run
- the executable file Setup.exe. Click SETUP. At the welcome
- screen of 3dfx Tools, select NEXT. Click on YES when prompt to
- install Voodoo driver.
- 4) Follow instruction on the screen to install Voodoo driver
- and 3dfx Tools Control Panel.
- 5) Select 'Yes, I want to restart my computer now' when prompted.
- 6) Install DirectX 7.x.
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- Limitations
- -----------
-
- Running 640x480 16 Color will run SUPERVGA.DRV or VGA.DRV. No
- Voodoo features will be used. Switch to a different resolution
- or color depth. Full windowed hardware acceleration with this version
- of the drivers is only possible when running at 16bpp modes.
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- Troubleshooting
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-
- ####
-
- Problem: After installing the card, the system still detects my old
- card even though it is no longer in the system.
- Resolution: See Step 2 of the "Fresh Installation" instructions.
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