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Title: Texturing disabled
Post by specstuffer on 12.05.06 at 04:20:27

I just aquired a used Voodoo 5 AGP card. I have it installed in my pentium 3 machine running Win Me. I could not get texturing to be enabled in Directx 9.0. So I reloaded the OS and tried again using Directx 7.0, 8.0, 8.1, and 9.0 again. I used different drivers available on Falconfly and still no result.

Is something I need to know about this card. How do I enable texture? :-/

Title: Re: Texturing disabled
Post by st4r4m4m4 on 12.05.06 at 15:24:57

Not exactly a diver related answer, but if I were in your position... I would definetly install win98SE, I personally don't see any redeeming qualities in ME over 98SE.

Title: Re: Texturing disabled
Post by ps47 on 12.05.06 at 19:40:22

..if you are referring to AGP texturing (in dxdiag),it is always disabled,voodoo cards dont support it.

Title: Re: Texturing disabled
Post by paulpsomiadis on 12.05.06 at 19:53:37

UGH! WinMe... :P

...I agree with @st4r4m4m4...format it and install Win 98SE with the Unofficial SP1a. ;)

MUCH better! 8)

Title: Re: Texturing disabled
Post by specstuffer on 14.05.06 at 01:16:55

wrote on 12.05.06 at 19:40:22:

..if you are referring to AGP texturing (in dxdiag),it is always disabled,voodoo cards dont support it.

Yes indeed , I am refering to that test. Does this mean that there is no texturing to be had from my card? I get the same result in XP (dual boot)

Title: Re: Texturing disabled
Post by ps47 on 14.05.06 at 13:25:13

..if you are afraid that all your games wont have any textures,well,dont be afraid,all your games will work just fine..google for agp texturing to see what is it ;)

simply said,you wont be able to enable agp texture acceleration (3dfx cards dont support it),but it doesnt matter,this feature is not important on 3dfx cards..see my dxdiag:

Title: Re: Texturing disabled
Post by specstuffer on 14.05.06 at 18:31:52

Great ! That's just what I needed to know. Thanks ever so much. Also , I was wondering if there is a diagnostic utility that could tell me if my card is functioning well or has been damaged in some way.

Does such a thing exist?

Title: Re: Texturing disabled
Post by ps47 on 14.05.06 at 21:50:47

..well,when I need to test a freshly purchased voodoo card,I just give it a few spins with 3dmark2001 and few rounds of unreal tournament and quake3 to test all three APIs (FSAA disabled/enabled),and thats about it.

this should reveal all potential stability (and other) problems..