SFFT alpha drivers - V3/4/5 - Join to Testing

[kiith]

THANK YOU SSFT FOR YOUR GREATEST WORK

I GO ON TEST MAYBE HELP:

CPU:CORE2 E4400
MB:INTEL D975XBX2
RAM:2G DDR2
VOODOO5 5500 PCI
WINDOWS XP SP3
SSFT V1.1
WINDOWS DESKTOP 1024 X 768 X 32 BIT

I HAVE SOME 2D QUESTION
ON WINDOWS FILE EXPLORER HOLD MOUSE LEFT KEY YOU CAN DRAW A ALPHA SLECTED WINDOWS LIKE THIS

KEEP HOLD MOUSE KEY AND MOVE YOUR MOUSE QUICKLY THE ALPHA WINDOWS SIZE WILL CHANGE
BUT I FOUND THE 2D ALPHA WINDOWS SPEED IS VERY SLOW
AND NOW RUN DXDIAG.EXE TRY TO TEST DIRECT3D
AFTER YOU COMPLETE "FULL SCREEN" DIRECT8 OR DIRECT9 TEST TRY TO DO A 2D ALPHA WINDOWS AGAIN
AND NOW THE 2D TURE ALPHA WINDOWS SPEED WILL BE SMOOTH AND VERY FAST
NOW CONTINUE DIRECT3D TEST IF YOU RUN "FULL SCREEN" DIRECT7 TEST OR PLAY SOME GLIDE3X DEMO
THE DESKTOP 2D SPEED WILL BACK TO SLOW
AND NOW REBOOT YOU SYSTEM
SOMEONE USE WINDOWS XP WELLCOM LOGIN SCREEN IF YOU MOVE OR LEAVE MOUSE ON A USER ICON
YES THE ALPHA ICON DISPLAY VERY SLOW TOO
I CAN'T BELIEVE MY CPU SOFTWARE 2D ALPHA ACCELERATION FASTER THEN VOODOO5 2D HARDWARE ACCELERATION  
I DON'T KNOW BUT I GUESS WINDOWS XP BASE ON DIRECT8
THAT VERSION DIRECT DRAW UPDATE TO DIRECT GRAPHICS
IF YOU REBOOT YOU SYSTEM OR RUN SOME "FULL SCREEN" DIRECT3D7 PROGRAM OR GLIDE3X DEMO
VOODOO DRIVER WILL BACK TO AN UNKNOW 2D MODE THEN SOME ADVANCE 2D ACCELERATION FEATURE LIKE 32BIT TURE ALPHA NOT BE ENABLE OR NOT SUPPORT OR HAVE BUG
I TRY TO USE SSFT TOOLS SWICH THE DDI VERSION 7,8,9 BUT IT NO USE


SOME DX9 GAME HAVE MORE THEN ONE 2D 3D GRAPHICS LEVEL LIKE THIS

IN WINDOWS MODE SSFT WORK VERY WELL
BUT IF YOU SWICH TO FULL SCREEN MODE
TURE SCREEN SIZE AREA CAN NOT DISPLAY
YOU LOOK THE RIGHT SIDE ALLWAYS BLACK

I TRY TO SWICH TO WINDOWS XP OWN VOODOO5 DRIVER FOR THIS GAME
3dfxvs.dll   5.00.2489.0028
3dfxvsm.sys  5.00.2489.0028
IT VERY OLD AND IT CAN'T SUPPORD GLIDE BUT THIS DRIVER NO PROBLEM  
BOTH WINDOWS AND FULL SCREEN SIZE WORK AREA VERY WELL¡­¡­

THANK YOU SSFT AGAIN
GO ON 3DFX NEVER DIE ¡­¡­

[mikepedo]

Hi all,
i tested new SFFT 1.1 with my 3dfx system:

Athlon XP-M Barton 2500 Mhz
1Gb CAS 2-2-2-5
3dfx Voodoo5 6000 3700A (183Mhz)
Epox 8K5A2+

Total Immersion Racing:

-perfect: 1024x768 16 bit, all max details, FSAA4X... 20-30 fps

Painkiller:

- 1024x768, middle/high details, sometime some textures are corrupt, maybe cause each VSA-100 have only 32 Mb of memory.

Painkiller Overdose Demo:

-fantastic! 1024x768 middle details. Wonderful images, but too slow, 12-30 fps...

UT2004: no bad, 1024x768 middle details, 20-100 fps...

[charly204]

Hi everyone!:)
I have a serious problem.
When I use the new SFFT 1.1 driver, my hard disk will make strang sound and then the system crashed. Also hardly boot into windows. But when I use the SFFT 1.0, it was in good condition. I use the HD TUNE to check my hard disk but is was fine. Can anyone tell me what's going on? By the way, please forgive my broken English...OTL[]

My system:
CPU: Intel Celeon 2.66 GHz
MB: GA-8SR533P
RAM: 768MB DDR266
VGA: Voodoo5 5500 AGP
HD: Seagate ST320034A 20GB
OS: Win XP Pro SP3

[Kokohemmo]

Hi

I agree that same strange rattle in hard disk too in SFFT 1.1. First I think that my hard disk is in straight contact to my computer case metal body somehow, but after roll back to SFFT 1.0, it is silent again...

Also I had in F1 2002 several crashies, which send me to the desktop. Change to back 1.0 and game was ok again.

OpenGl and Glide games seems to work as normal...

Anyway, good work SFFT... Keep going on.


Regards
Kokohemmo

[ggab]

thanks you VERY much for this new version release!

!!!

[m14radu]

Good Work SFFT !

In the Weekend i will test the new version with my V56K and i give you my feedback.

[jopadan]

I just want to report a crash with the latest SFFT driver running
this production: http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=50719
It just restarts the system after watching maybe half of the intro.
The Window Crash Recovery says it is related to the video driver.

Originally posted by charly204

Hi everyone!:)
I have a serious problem.
When I use the new SFFT 1.1 driver, my hard disk will make strang sound and then the system crashed. Also hardly boot into windows. But when I use the SFFT 1.0, it was in good condition. I use the HD TUNE to check my hard disk but is was fine. Can anyone tell me what's going on? By the way, please forgive my broken English...OTL[]

My system:
CPU: Intel Celeon 2.66 GHz
MB: GA-8SR533P
RAM: 768MB DDR266
VGA: Voodoo5 5500 AGP
HD: Seagate ST320034A 20GB
OS: Win XP Pro SP3

Well it might be related just try it with that intro and see if it crashes your system.

My system:
Gigabyte K8NNXP-940
AMD Opteron 240
3dfx Voodoo 5 5500 PCI
Windows XP Professional x64

[kalte]

Hi, I installed driver 1.1 and I'm having the strange HDD sound. I've not had any time to test any game =(

[m14radu]

I confirm the HDD strange behaviour.
with the Version 1.0 everything is working fine.

In 3Dmark2001 @1600x1200x32 there are texture errors.

[kalte]

UT99 has a strange colors and light effects works strange, has some texture problems. WC3 works fine, also does Vampire The Masquerade Redemption.

[m14radu]

The misterious pink square apears again on V5 6000 !

[kalte]

I had to switch back to driver 1.0 because sometimes my computer suddenly shut down not even showing a BSOD after some seconds after booting. With driver 1.0 that hasn't happened again.

[mikepedo]

New SFFT 1.2 are released!

https://www.3dfxzone.it/dir/news/3dfx/sfft_1.2_voodoo3_4_5/

[benna]

Testing results of SFFT 1.2:
Glide and DirectDraw games works well, GTA San Andreas crashes in the main menu.
Thank you SFFT for continuing the development!

[agrelaphon]

Hi and thank you SFFT for the great support
May I ask what is the origin of the glide files