If I choose standard OpenGL, it exits the game.
If I choose "3dfx OpenGL", it exits and re-enters the game, as if trying to change the game mode, but when it re-enters, it's in Software Rendering mode again.

System specs:
Motherboard: Aopen AX59pro
Processor: AMD K6-II 500MHz
Graphics: Voodoo5 5500 AGP

Fresh Install of Windows XP, with nothing else installed except SFFT 47 drivers, and Quake 2. With Glide, my FPS averages out at 20-23 FPS, which is a little below playable for me. What's up? I thought that my PC should be able to handle this easy, it's well above the minimum spec.

Are my expectations too high, do I need to install something, or is my hardware damaged?

System specs:
Motherboard: Aopen AX59pro
Processor: AMD K6-II 500MHz
Graphics: Voodoo5 5500 AGP


Fresh install of Windows XP, I downloaded SFFT 47, installed it in the correct way, then installed Quake 2. I can run it in Software Rendering mode, but not in any OpenGL mode.

Does SFFT include OpenGL drivers, or should I get MesaFX, or some other drivers?

(On another note, if I download the latest DirectX 9.0c distributable, and install that, is that the best way to make sure DirectX is updated?)

So what sorta games am I looking at playing with a 500mhz K6-II?

(Minimum requirements for Serious Sam are a K6-3 400mhz. Is the architecture of the k6-2 compared to the k6-3 really making that much of a difference?)

It's consistantly getting around 7 fps on the first level of Serious Sam (First Encounter). Stock clocks, with good cooling on the cores (but not memory). I'm using Amigamerlin 3.1 drivers, and MesaFX 6.2. Well, I copied the opengl32.dll into my system32 folder, replacing the old one (I think that's what I was meant to do).

Rest of system:
AMD K6-II 500Mhz
256MB PC100 SDRAM
AX-59pro motherboard
6 GB 5400rpm hard drive

I did a full installation of Serious Sam, and patched it to 1.05 european (newest version).

It's at 640x480, with all options defaulted as quite low (from what I saw in-game).

What's going on? Is there something I've done wrong? Or is this expected?

For the Voodoo cards, we have Amigamerlin, SFFT, and a host of other drivers that we can use, being continually updated and improved upon. They're all a great improvement from the last drivers that were officially provided by the graphics card company.

Are there any similar drivers for the ATi Rage Pro? I know that the Rage Pro obviously doesn't have as much of a fan following as 3dfx cards do, but there must be someone who's improved upon them.

Does anyone know of any good drivers, or a place where I could find some better drivers?

(PS: For Windows XP)

I know I'm a new face to these forums, but I'd be happy to help test them on my Voodoo5.

QuoteAnyway, I'm definitely not excluding the possibility of keeping it partially free. For example the 3Dfx cards just lack some pixel shader support so I might release that component in the open-source part of the project.

So will this not be happening now? Will we have to pay?
A shame if it won't be free for us 3dfx users, I'd really love a chance to have some basic shaders with my 5500...

Fairly new to all these XP drivers. There seem be so many, I'm lost in choice.

Would Amigamerlin 3.1 drivers work?
(I haven't actually got the voodoo5 in a PC yet, I'm giving it better cooling before I do)

Also, what kind of settings? I'm assuming quite low?

Do any of the Source Engine games work with a Voodoo5 5500 card? Has anyone tried them?

I have a Voodoo5 5500 AGP and want to know if it's worth installing Half-Life 2, Counter-Strike Source, etc on my PC.