hello,I have a question,I've read about amigamerlin 3
and the sfft drivers and that stuff,and I was wondering,
are they for 2k/xp only?
is amigamerlin 2.9 the final version for 9x or is there
going to be a 9x version of the new drivers?.
the sfft is "the most advanced directx core" but,
it's frustrating for 9x users (like me) that it's avaiable
onyl for 2k/xp. it should be avaiable for both platforms.
ok,I know,programming drivers and optimizing them and
everything is not a "ok,sure,I'll do it,I'll post the link in 5
minutes" thing,but I'm worried they stopped working
in stuff for 9x.
I'm going to try anyway the sfft alpha 33 drivers,just
in case,I'll try both the legal way and the "ilegal way"
(replacing the amigamerlin 2.9 files and installing that
modified amigamerlin set,or manually replace the
files in c:\windows\system,that kind of stuff),
but I don't have any hopes.
btw,I'm using 98 first edition in an amd k6-2 500mhz
processor,64mb ram,and voodoo 3 2000 pci 16mb.
so far the amigamerlin 2.9 are the best drivers I've tryed,
(that's old news,I know),but I started looking for
newer drivers since I saw something frustrating:
some weeks ago I was testing xp,(argh...don't get
me started about how much it SUCKS...),and I found
that the amigasport drivers have a "force 3d now" feature,
and I was amazed that the speed in max payne
really increased a lot!!,it was actually working faster
than with the amigamerlin 2.9 in 98,EVEN WITH THE
COMPUTER "underclocked" TO 400MHZ (xp refused to
complete an installation and/or boot at 500mhz ??),
AND,CONSIDERING THE OVERALL DECREASE IN
PERFORMANCE BECAUSE OF XP!.
it's slower,bigger,unusable,unbearable...argh,no way
I'm going to use xp. NEVER,I'll stay with the DOS family
of OSes.
anyway,I still can't believe max payne was faster
under that circunstances,and I bet it was the
"force 3dnow" feature in the amigasport drivers.
I tryed to install those drivers in 9x,edit the inf,replace
the files,etc etc,but I had no lock,so,am I stuck with
a slower performance or is there any hope of
even better drivers than the already great amigamerlin 2.9?