WARNING: Detonator3 drivers

**filburt1** · Aug 12th, 2001, 08:48 AM

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** · Aug 12th, 2001, 08:51 AM

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** · Aug 12th, 2001, 09:42 AM

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?

**filburt1** · Aug 12th, 2001, 10:16 AM

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

**filburt1** · Aug 12th, 2001, 10:17 AM

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?

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

**nabeels786** · Aug 12th, 2001, 10:25 AM

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** · Aug 12th, 2001, 10:28 AM

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

**nabeels786** · Aug 12th, 2001, 10:29 AM

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** · Aug 12th, 2001, 10:30 AM

What card do you have?

**nabeels786** · Aug 12th, 2001, 10:32 AM

geforce 2

downloaded the 12.41 from nvidia, opengl isnt included.

its not on their download page either

**filburt1** · Aug 12th, 2001, 10:41 AM

So get GLSetup!

**nabeels786** · Aug 12th, 2001, 11:00 AM

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

**filburt1** · Aug 12th, 2001, 11:49 AM

Solution: reformat.

**nabeels786** · Aug 12th, 2001, 12:56 PM

lol.

i fixed the IE prob (downloaded SP2)

still left with the opengl prob

anybody have any suggestiosn?

**filburt1** · Aug 12th, 2001, 01:00 PM

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

**nabeels786** · Aug 12th, 2001, 01:10 PM

half life (tfc, cs, DoD)

the patched deus ex uses opengl

**parksie** · Aug 12th, 2001, 01:32 PM

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** · Aug 12th, 2001, 01:32 PM

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

**filburt1** · Aug 12th, 2001, 01:40 PM

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

**nabeels786** · Aug 12th, 2001, 03:27 PM

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

**filburt1** · Aug 12th, 2001, 05:00 PM

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

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