Daysleeper Posted September 8, 2001 Share Posted September 8, 2001 I got a problem installing a 3DFX voodoo 3500 card in XP. It actually installs perfectly and works fine as a standard 3d graphics card. The problem is the TV in/out, Xp actually detects the TV module and installs "Generic TV" aswell as my monitor but there are no controlls for the TV out. I have tried installing the 3DFX drivers for 2000 RC1 (only ones on site) and they fail as I expected... I just wondered if anyone had any info ? Nvidia are no use what-so-ever and have not replied to any of my e-mails regarding support for this card. Another problem is actually selecting the monitor I want to use. It seems to select the TV as its default and no matter how many times I re-install it, it still uses the TV as its default monitor. Again this doesnt seem to be a problem until I want to use my realmagic card. What then can't display anything to the monitor as it thinks its a TV and switches to its own TV out... basically its a screw up :-) ... I can disable the "generic monitor" in device manager and it will then work... however if windows is detecting the TV module and installing it there must be a way of controlling it ?... any clues ? Any info would be great :-)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortensen Posted September 8, 2001 Share Posted September 8, 2001 WinXP has very poor / non-existant support for 3DFX cards thanks to Nvidia's unwillingness to give the source code to M$. This means that getting your 3DFX card to run at ALL is a miracle. I hope someone can help you with a generic answer but it seems Nvidia doesn't want anything to do with 3DFX. It is a shame that 3DFX cards are now obselete thanks to Nvidia... just remember, a TNT2 is like ?30 now (if you can find one) and I'm sure one with TV-Out would be just as cheap. Not that this is a good solution but just an option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willywonka69 Posted September 8, 2001 Share Posted September 8, 2001 heard tha nivida wasnt going to make drivers either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khujo Posted September 8, 2001 Share Posted September 8, 2001 I have just this week retired my 3dfx voodoo3 2000 for a geforce 2 it was a very nice upgrade and i definately don't regret it guess a geforce 3 will be next when i get my new pc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daysleeper Posted September 9, 2001 Author Share Posted September 9, 2001 yeah I suspected as much from NVidia not replying to my e-mails... it makes you wonder what the hell they are playing at. I mean Voodoo is a massive brand name and although the later cards wern't upto much I don't see why they are killing it. It actually I mates PC what I have had here to perform BIOS updats and set his new DVD to RPC1... I have already told him that I didnt hold much hope with 3DFX... its just criminal that he payed 150 quid for this 8 months ago and now cant use it if he wants to uprade to XP. If anyone understands how the multiple monitor feature works in XP I would appreciate any info as I think if I can solve that then he will be happy with using the real magic for the DVD... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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