Installing 2.5 drivers,,,,best way???

[Pawgy]

I am presently using a voodoo4500 with 3dfx 4.12.01.0666 drivers from 3dfx.w98 2ed.I have had good success with all the race games untill Nascar 2003 and it locks up all the time. On the Sierra forum a player suggested I change to the amigamerlin 2.5 windows 9x drivers as he has been able to run n2003 with no problems on a v4500 and says they are very good. I have downloaded the drivers from 3dfx zone and am ready to install.Your readme says to simply click on the setup .exe and follow the instructions.Not the isetup.exe? Do I need to uninstall the old drivers first?? It has been a long time since I have installed drivers and I don't want to cause any problems with my system.Thanks for any help you may afford.

[Nightbird]

I guess Nascar Thunder 2003

In theory, a V4 4500 can run the game but what's your config ?
Minimum Requirements :
PIII500
128MB RAM  
DX8.1 compatible video card w/32 MB RAM

Recommended Requirements :
P3-900
256MB RAM
DX8.1 compatible video card w/32 MB RAM  

I ran the demo with a V5 and the Amigamerlin 2.9 under Win98SE but if you want, i can try with a V4...
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This is the way to proceed when you download a full package (drivers + tools) :

- put the desktop in 16 colors and 640*480
- in the directory where the drivers have been extracted, run the executable file. Click on Setup.exe  
- "welcome to the 3dfx tools setup wizard" => select NEXT
- agree the terms of the license  and select NEXT
- "ready to install the program" => INSTALL
the program installs the 3dfx tools control panel and the drivers
- "completing the 3dfx tools setup  wizard" => finish

- select YES, i want to restart my computer now, when prompted

[Pawgy]

Thanks Nightbird for your reply. No, not Nascar Thunder 2003, I am trying to run Nascar racing 2003 by Papyrus. I did not buy NT 2003 because I read that it required some kind of display that was not avilable on 3dfx cards. Anyhow I see that Nascar Racing 2003 is much better anyways. My system is fast enough I think, a 1.3 althon, w/256ram and the v4500 32meg card. W98 2ed. Directx 9. I just got a reply on Racesim central that I may have a problem with GPL if I don't change a couple of .dll files. I guess nothing is perfect. As I read your instructions (I do not have to uninstall my present drivers???)THanks again for your interest.

[Pawgy]

Nightbird and anyone intrested. The Amigamerlin 2.5 driver set is the only drivers out of 4 different sets that I tried that will Run Nascar Racing 2003 on my v4 card.. Thank you very much for you help.