WARNING: Detonator3 drivers

[filburt1]

The latest Detonator3 drivers from nVidia (graphics card drivers that work with all but one nVidia chipset) have an issue: by default, they turn Direct3D antialiasing on. So if you have the Detonator3 drivers and your Direct3D programs look blurry, change this option to the one in the screenshot:

[filburt1]

BTW, other than this, these drivers are good. I've already noticed a slightly better framerate and mouse control in D3 is soooo much smoother than before.

[nabeels786]

i havve win 2k..but my opengl is missing.

www.opengl.org says get it from manafacturer, but neither hercules or nvidia has them...bah? :confused:

[filburt1]

BTW, did I say slight framerate increase? I went from 640x480 to 1280x1024 without sacraficing frametime. :D

[filburt1]

Originally posted by nabeels786
i havve win 2k..but my opengl is missing.

www.opengl.org says get it from manafacturer, but neither hercules or nvidia has them...bah? :confused:

Get GLSetup at http://www.glsetup.com .

[nabeels786]

that is "just" opengl right?

no extras? i remember downloading some opengl thing before and it crapped my comp.


ok thanks, its it doesnt werk then ill need someone to send it to me.


nabeel

[filburt1]

Yes, it is theoretically OpenGL drivers for nearly every graphics card out there. Quake 3 recommends its use.

[nabeels786]

d00d:

For WinNT/2k you will need to obtain the driver directly from the board manufacturer's web site.


they (meaning manufacturer) dont have it.

[filburt1]

What card do you have?

[nabeels786]

geforce 2

downloaded the 12.41 from nvidia, opengl isnt included.

its not on their download page either

[filburt1]

So get GLSetup!

[nabeels786]

its not for win 2k tho :( :(

and now IE is all weird (5.5)

when you right click and say "open in new window", it opens a new window but the page doesnt load in it. but if you copy/paste or type the address it does :mad:

[filburt1]

Solution: reformat. :p :D

[nabeels786]

lol.

i fixed the IE prob (downloaded SP2)

still left with the opengl prob

anybody have any suggestiosn?

[filburt1]

What games are you playing that need OpenGL? Quake 3?

[nabeels786]

half life (tfc, cs, DoD)

the patched deus ex uses opengl

[parksie]

I think there's a Mesa OpenGL->Direct3D driver for those cards that don't have native drivers.

Although nVida have been pretty good at OpenGL support...

[HarryW]

Why do you say OpenGL isn't included? I find that very odd. Does it specifically say that OpenGL isn't included?

[filburt1]

Quake 3 worked for me even before I got the last Detonator3 drivers (I have a GeForce 256).

[nabeels786]

i cant find my opengl32.dll in c:\windows or c:\windows\system

i dont have system files hidden. deus ex doesnt gimme the option for OpenGL and HL just switches to yucky D3D

i upgraded to Win2k and this started happening, and i checked for the file and it isn't there.

my friend sent me the DLL, but it's still not working :rolleyes: :(

[filburt1]

If you have DirectX 8 and the latest Detonator3 drivers, you should be in for a treat. At least, I was.