Whoo hoo the moment we've all been waiting for!
;D
AmigaMerlin 3.0 drivers for Windows 2000/XP are out!

http://www.3dfxzone.it/dir/news/3dfx/amigamerlin3.0.htm

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I just got done benchmarking and testing these new drivers with GLide and DirectX games and this version KICKS BUTT! ;D the BEST AmigaMerlin driver set by far!

Not only better performance, but better compatibility - there were a couple of OpenGL and DirectX programs that wouldn't make it with me and halt up, but this no longer is the issue!

Also the GLide splash sceen has been brought back! Minor issue that it didn't work before, but a neat feature for those who like it!

2-Pixel-per-clock -- great feature! looks like they are putting in some new tweaks as well.

Also the 3Dfx tools screen was re-arranged a little bit, and cleaned up as well!

My hats off to the AmigaMerlin team -- your drivers kicks major a**!

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holy s***


when comes the win9x version?

I can't wait  8)

BTW
will these drivers be enough to play Half-Life 2? :D

Hm, I remember these Tweaks from older x3dfx Driver Releases.

Guardband Clipping really helps performance a bit, while "2 Pixel Rendering" I found never affecting anything, didn't note a difference there.

These are the best yet, I got no errors on the install either.

Looks like these guys are getting the hang of re-comiling the source code in order to re-program the drivers to bend to their will!

Thumbs up!! Waaaay up to the AmigaMerlin team! I am VERY happy with these drivers!

wrote on 08.09.03 at 01:27:43:

i installed the driver, really easily, on Win2k Pro (sp2) not updated   the 3dfx tools indeed have been very cleaned but some new features : 2 pixel clock rendering (D3d and OpenGl), D3D guarband clipping, OpenGl guarband clipping

2 pixel clock rendering (D3d and OpenGl) there always was. It`s default set to enable.

from 3dfx tools tweaks: Registry key is a Boolean which enables/disables 2 pixel-per-clock 3D rendering mode. When in dual-texturing, disable 2 pixel-per-clock rendering regardless of the registry value.Default 2 pixel-per-clock mode is enabled.

They doesn't need to be in the registry. Most of this variables have default values in drivers. It`s not necessary to have 3dfx tools installed. You can change them in the other way, like V_control from koolsmoky.

I was hoping that they'd provide info on some of these feature, since I don't know what a few of the newly enabled ones do, either that of a way like an .inf update to remove it as mentioned.

Though I wish the 3Dfx help document would've gotten updated to explain the new/enabled features do. No biggie though, these drivers are the most rock solid I've seen for Windows XP yet   ;D

They only mentioned a few of the new things they've done with this new driver set in the readme and anything on their site, but I would like to know what all the changes were --- welll - becuase I am just one curious kinda guy  :D

Hello to all  ;D

I would give my greetings to Falconfly and to all his team for the support that always he have do at the community and at my driver set.

Thanks again Falconfly.

Bye

Hey, Thank you and your team for making some killer driver sets! ;) (Especially the new AmigaMerlin 3.0)

Win9x version of the AmigaMerlin drivers soon to come !  ;D

http://www.3dfxzone.it/enboard/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=300