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Message started by jandarsun8 on 01.05.05 at 02:09:02

Title: Bios upgrades
Post by jandarsun8 on 01.05.05 at 02:09:02
Couple of questions here, I've changed bios's on Mobo's before, not a real big deal at all. Is changing the bios on the vid cards basically the same way? Wondering because I was looking through the boards and there's a post with a ton of different bios versions. I'm running 3 older 98 machines (to play shadow warrior and Duke Nukem with some friends- along with some older games) and I've got my V5, V3, and Diamond Banshee cards in them. All the cards have the OEM bios versions on them. Is it worth chancing screwing them up for games that play ok for the most part? Just wondering if it's worth it for one, two what the general procedure is for doing it. Thanks guys.

Title: Re: Bios upgrades
Post by Chosen_One on 01.05.05 at 04:02:06
if you do not have any problems do not flash a new BIOS. ok. flashing a new BIOS is not so difficult at all but if there is no need do not do it ;)
of course nobody can force you to keep your version...and if you want the newest BIOS for your cards look in my sig ;) i'm sure...i can help...

Title: Re: Bios upgrades
Post by gamma742 on 01.05.05 at 20:23:21

Quote:
I'm running 3 older 98 machines (to play shadow warrior and Duke Nukem with some friends- along with some older games) and I've got my V5, V3, and Diamond Banshee cards in them.



Off-Topic (sort of)

Is there a 3dfx patch for Duke Nukem?

Title: Re: Bios upgrades
Post by jandarsun8 on 02.05.05 at 01:32:28
Not sure what your looking for Gamma but I think there is 3DFX exe for it. I'm Running DN Atomic Addition at 800 by 600 with no problems ( had to enable SVGA inside DN's dos based setup and then change the actual res inside the game in order to get it to 800 by 600 but works just fine).

Thanks Choosen for the answer.

Title: Re: Bios upgrades
Post by gamma742 on 02.05.05 at 03:36:11
Sounds like what I've done. I don't think there's a 3dfx/Glide patch but you never know. I have the same version plus "Duke it out in DC" (Washington D.C.) add-on. I enjoyed the humor in this game, but moved on after I got my new 4 MB Diamond Monster card and started playing QuakeGL and Descent2 (patched for Glide).

I always had hoped that they would develope a voodoo patch for this game and I would return. I good game with Co-op Multi-Player action ;D


Title: Re: Bios upgrades
Post by Obi-Wan_Kenobi on 02.05.05 at 18:45:51
well the Voodoo3 patch works well on my Voodoo4 4500 PCI also, only I always mis the Cockpit Pannel vieuws in Glide mode and quite a shame the left like half of the cockpit pannels out in Descent 3.

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