news... it appears that if i disable z-buffer, the board runs ok... or ok
but no spectacular 3d :(
maybe cheap boards do not have z-buffer enabled ?!
----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Uscatu <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 9:28 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Riva Tnt2 Vanta and Celeron
> hi all
>
> i have encountered the following problems with a RIVA TNT2 VANTA board,
made
> by some company called "MERIT"
>
> 1. installed on an Ali motherboard, it is crashing regularly. As i found
out
> later from ASUS, they specify that their boards are not compatible with
ALI
> chipset. ok, i can buy that, even if i didnt find that information on
> www.nvidia.com
> 2. so i change the mainboard, switch to Intel BX 440 Chipset, board is
> called P6LX7
> and Celeron 466 PPGA processor. The client still complains that is locks
up,
> but he
> said he got some viruses. ok, so i take the system, reinstall windows 98
> from the very
> beginning, try the board's drivers from CD, also the latest rivers from
> www.nvidia.com, all seems ok with windows, but it still locks up when
> running 3d applications. ok i say, he doesnt have original games, so maybe
> this is the problem. i try running some micro$oft 3d simulator game (to be
> as compatible as possible with the OS), and it locks up randomly, but very
> often. you cant play more than 5-10 seconds. and this happends with
directx
> version 5, 6.0, 6.1, 6.4, 7.0. what next ? i have downloaded 3dbenchmark
> from www.zdbop.com, version 1.2, and run it. it locks up at step 6
(Quality/
> 6/ Nearest)
> and at any "user defined scene". Also after it locks, next boot it runs
with
> error at "Quality/ 4/ Z-Buffer" (the 2 polygons do not intersect).
>
> any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> PCBUILD's List Owner's:
> Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]>
> Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>
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