Pyros Posted October 29, 2000 Report Posted October 29, 2000 Hi, I've put this here because it doesn't relate specifically to BC, I've just recently upgraded my pc: Old system: Amd k6-2-450, 160sdram 100, awe 64, Voodoo 3 3000, 13gb hd udma ide. (3dmark 2000 benchmark 1146) New system Added AMD Duron 700 Abit KT7 motherboard Old equip 160 sdram 100 awe 64 Voodoo 3 3000 agp 13GB hd USB Microsoft optical explora mouse (3dmark 2000 benchmark 2570) (Non overclocked, I never overclock my systems) I formatted my hd reinstalled everything, I am suffering from 1 glitch: Transfering large amounts of info from my wifes pc via our 3com xl 10/100 cards causes my mouse (above) to die, no error the optical lights just go out and nothing till I reboot.Before I formatted my hd, I used the test for Earth 2150 to test it on 640*480 score was 105.3For some reason after reformat and reinstall I am now on 81.4 for the same test.Yes i've redone all my patches ect.Anyone got any ideas (i've moved my mouse over to ps2 port via an adaptor for now).Oh and anyone familiar with the benchmark i'm using should I be getting better than this?(upgrading Graphics card too but waiting till i've sorted this out)
Guest Vaipa Posted October 29, 2000 Report Posted October 29, 2000 What windows version are you using, btw ?
Pyros Posted October 30, 2000 Author Report Posted October 30, 2000 Windows 98 se Always the same when I upgrade my pc (every 6 months) takes me months to get my system all comfy then wam!! I change something.most curious thing is it always seems like a good idea at the time.
Silk Posted October 30, 2000 Report Posted October 30, 2000 Did you ever use a program to tweak your Voodoo 3000? I use one that makes sure I don't sinc with my monitor (makes my FPS for Quake 2 go from 60fps to over 100fps) and makes a couple of other adjustments for optimal FPS. I'm not talking about over clocking, just settings. With a new install these settings would not be in your registry for you card. Just a thought. Hope it helps.
Guest Posted November 1, 2000 Report Posted November 1, 2000 Are you sharing the USB IRQ with your ethernet card? Normally it would work fine, but with a lot of data I would think that the card would take over the IRQ and the mouse wouldn't get a look in, hence the reeboot.
Guest Deathstroke Posted November 1, 2000 Report Posted November 1, 2000 Hey... uh... Silk.Which tweak program would that be, exactly. ------------------ Commander Deathstroke UCV Holy Trinity MOTTO: "Our motto has been stolen by intruders!"
Pyros Posted November 1, 2000 Author Report Posted November 1, 2000 I messed with settings and now have a nice 110fps, me would like to find out about that tweak program too
Silk Posted November 1, 2000 Report Posted November 1, 2000 I'm currently at work and don't remember the name. It's really nice tho. You can switch from best graphics to best FPS really easy, a click of a button. It also lets you modify all the settings individualy and it also lets you over clock. You have to have VB runtimes for it to work. I will find out what it's called when I get home and will edit my post with the info. I'll also try to remember where I DL'd it from.------------------ Cmdr Silk GCV Wisconsin "Whatevr doesn't kill us makes us stronger"
Silk Posted November 6, 2000 Report Posted November 6, 2000 Sorry it took me so long to post this. The utility is called Voodoo3Tweaker2.7 I got it from www.voodoo-now.com Hope this helps and meets your needs.------------------ Cmdr Silk GCV Wisconsin "Whatevr doesn't kill us makes us stronger"
Pyros Posted November 6, 2000 Author Report Posted November 6, 2000 The pain, the pain of it all... Once there was a happy games player with a lovely AMD 450 machine, life was good crashes were rare and no game ever complained... The coming of the dark times when a game player is tested to his limit, I saw the many shiney lights of the new hardware and its lure was too great.First came the Abit KT7 motherboard and the AMD Duron 700, the speed of it all, I ran every game I had at max resolution and affects, we had a few problems but life was good, the power! the speed, I wanted more, I recieved a soundblaster 1024 live, and a pair of 600w speakers with a nice little subwoofer to grace the underneith of my desk, It lives!!! I travelled the hallways of unreal tournament and counterstrike, I was a god, every foot step I heard, every shot had a direction never in my gaming life had I heard the likes of this, but all is not well *sob* after the the tests I started to hear crackles in the background and the closer I listened the more it sounded like rice crispies or a badly tuned radio...Life will go on I shall find the problems Yay it could be a UDMA conflict Or maybe the master bus for my Abit board is interfering because aslong as I don't use EAX as in I run the card as a basic sound card things are fine If anyone has any ideas this is getting frustrating especially seen as i'll be recieving my Geforce 2 tomorrow and don't want to compound the errors.
ShoHashi Posted November 6, 2000 Report Posted November 6, 2000 Pyros!Check this page out...they have alot of good tips for fine tuning the KT7 mobo working. http://www.apushardware.com/faqs/kt7faq/kt7faq.htm ------------------ Commodore ShoHashi ICV Aries, New Frontier (Rinaal) Station Commander, New Frontier Bishamon Fleet ICQ 484321 [email protected] "You can only love or hate something you truly understand."[This message has been edited by ShoHashi (edited 11-06-2000).]
pkzip Posted November 7, 2000 Report Posted November 7, 2000 quote:Originally posted by Pyros: The coming of the dark times when a game player is tested to his limit, I saw the many shiney lights of the new hardware and its lure was too great..Bilbo Baggins Lives.
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