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These tips apply to all Voodoo 3 users
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1. Use Win98SE and avoid XP/2000. Win98SE are more compatible and the games run faster.

2. Download the "X-Gamers5" 3rd party drivers (Win9x/ME) from:

http://www.voodoofiles.com/4361

They are fully DX8.1 compatible and all current games i tested run correctly. The exception of course are 3D games that only support 32-bit but this is a limitation of the Voodoo 3 card (it only supports acceleration in 16-bit modes). XP users can also find 3rd party drivers at http://www.voodoofiles.com

3. For games that require the latest OpenGL drivers (ex. Jedi Knight Outcast) also download the demo "Wicked3D OpenGL" driver from:

http://www.wicked3d.com/technology/wickedgl.htm

Although it is a demo it works fine (it only displays a short message at startup). Take a look at the Readme files so even if your game is not currently supported you can easily add support for it!

4. Some newer games (ex. Spiderman) require T&L (Transformation & Lightning) that Voodoo 3 doesn't support. Download the freeware "3D Analyze" from:

http://www.tommti-systems.de/go.html...ien/files.html

It allows the user to disable advanced features like T&L so these games run with older video cards.

5. Go to: http://www.techspot.com/guides.shtml to get more help on how to tweak advanced features of some games to make them more compatible or run faster.

@ Nel

Check the Advanced settings of your 3dfx driver. Disable "Geometry Assist" in the Direct 3D section if it is enabled. If you download the X-Gamers5 driver (which i recommend) make sure that "Hardware T&L emulation" under Drect 3D section is disabled.

With these options enabled games (ex. Warcraft3, Madden 2003) that try to vsync with the refresh rate of the screen hang the system with a blank screen.

Hope that helps!