Turbo Grunkamoj

Hello Im not (as you might understand) a professional user, I might use the term "professional-amateur". What Im wondering is what services you acctually need running, what they do etc.. If you bring up the Task Manager, what does need to be there, and so on.... I understand the width of this question, but maybe you guys, have some tips, homepages, etc to recommend? /Turbo Grunkamoj (Yes I have a legal copy, but who cares )

So what you are saying is: If "they are all zeros", then win2k will still use the 512kb you might have but it autodetects them? Or are there zeros an indication that win2k doesnt use it at all?

Modemlights...well ok. But I dont have a modem Im on a lan so I dont need it... And then the easiest thing must be to use ipconfig /all in a commandprompt.

Hello. Im running Windows 2000(build 2195) I have the latest drivers from 3dfx, released yesterday(v3-w2k-retail-1.00.00.exe) My System: P2-400Mhz 128Mb ram V3-3000agp 17" MAG monitor yada yada... The problem is this: When running Quake 3 in 800x600, in win98 before I had about 90fps when using the following: timedemo 1 demo demo001 Now when I test the same thing I get about 63fps, is this really the performance loss one can expect in win2k? I have tried the following: changing color-depth, texture-quality etc, all the things you can change from within the game with a +/- 2-3fps. I put the following line in my config in Q3: set displayrefresh "85", but no change. Is there anyone out there who can verify such a performance loss? or who has any help on the matter?

As a reply for "the Nagual": Yes Im using voodoo3, and the reason I have Q3 set to 32-bit, is that it will then use its "special-hysch-hysch" 22-bit mumbo yumbo , and there is NO significant speed decrease. Thats why.

Hi, I just recently been working with Frontpage 2000, makin a homepage. I run windows 2000 pro, and I found that when I had FP2000 up, and tried to access the webb through Internet Explorer, it thinks im offline all the time although Im not, Im on a 10mbit lan so im connected all the time, and ICQ and IRC is working the whole time without any breaks so it seems to only be IE that thinks Im disconnected, when editing in FP2000. Anybody else seen this? Or have a clue about whats going on?

The rate for a USB mouse is aprox. 125hz, isnt that enough? Regarding that you think the mouse on the Imac was smoother, isnt it a fact that mouse-control on MAC is alot better than PC? Cause of some sort of different hardwarecontrol? Im not sure of this, its just what I've heard...so if anyone else has any facts on the matter plz reply.

3d-sound.... Do you mean generally or do you mean that I have it activated?

Go to the "Command Prompt", usually found under "accessories" in the start->program. There you type: "ipconfig /all" , without the ". There you have it, and a few other things.

Can I add a few cents? If I were you (which I aint so feel free to disagree ) I would wait until both nvidia and 3dfx releases their new cards. And even if you dont want their latest cards, the old ones will probably be cheaper then too.

Okay then here it goes, I have removed every line that isnt really of interest, such as key-bindings etc. Now dont ask me what everything specifically does, I have had a lot of help on this and doesnt acctually have a definite clue myself and I have used cut'n paste very much, yada yada Here it is: seta cg_drawIcons "1" seta s_compression "1" seta com_hunkMegs "48" seta s_occ_eq "0.75" seta s_occfactor "0.5" seta s_bloat "2.0" seta s_numpolys "400" seta s_polyreflectsize "10000000" seta s_polysize "10000000" seta s_polykeep "1000000000" seta s_refdelay "2.0" seta s_refgain "0.45" seta s_leafnum "0" seta s_max_distance "1000.0" seta s_min_distance "3.0" seta s_distance "100.0" seta s_doppler "1.0" seta s_rolloff "0" seta s_mixPreStep "0.05" seta s_mixahead "0.1" seta s_loadas8bit "0" seta s_khz "22" seta s_separation "0.5" seta r_vertexlighting "1" seta r_lastValidRenderer "3Dfx/Voodoo3 /2 TMUs/16 MB SDRAM/stand-alone (Jan 31 2000)" seta r_primitives "0" seta r_railSegmentLength "32" seta r_railCoreWidth "6" seta r_railWidth "16" seta r_facePlaneCull "1" seta r_gamma "0.9" seta r_swapInterval "0" seta r_textureMode "GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_NEAREST" seta r_finish "0" seta r_dlightBacks "1" seta r_dynamiclight "0" seta r_drawSun "0" seta r_fastsky "1" seta r_ignoreGLErrors "1" seta r_flares "0" seta r_lodbias "1" seta r_lodCurveError "200" seta r_ignoreFastPath "1" seta r_smp "0" seta r_subdivisions "20" seta r_vertexLight "1" seta r_simpleMipMaps "1" seta r_customaspect "1" seta r_customheight "1024" seta r_customwidth "1600" seta r_fullscreen "1" seta r_mode "4" seta r_ignorehwgamma "1" seta r_overBrightBits "1" seta r_depthbits "24" seta r_stencilbits "0" seta r_stereo "0" seta r_colorbits "32" seta r_texturebits "32" seta r_detailtextures "0" seta r_preloadTextures "0" seta r_roundImagesDown "0" seta r_picmip "1" seta r_ext_texture_env_add "0" seta r_ext_compiled_vertex_array "1" seta r_ext_multitexture "1" seta r_ext_gamma_control "1" seta r_ext_compress_textures "1" seta r_allowExtensions "1" seta r_glDriver "opengl32" seta r_intensity "1.7" seta cm_playerCurveClip "1" seta snaps "20" seta rate "9000" seta com_blood "0" seta com_maxfps "120" seta cg_deferPlayers "1" seta cg_forceModel "1" seta cg_railTrailTime "400" seta cg_lagometer "1" seta cg_simpleItems "1" seta cg_crosshairY "1" seta cg_crosshairX "0" seta cg_crosshairHealth "0" seta cg_crosshairSize "24" seta cg_drawRewards "0" seta cg_drawAttacker "0" seta cg_drawAmmoWarning "0" seta cg_draw3dIcons "0" seta cg_drawSnapshot "0" seta cg_drawFPS "0" seta cg_drawTimer "1" seta cg_drawStatus "1" seta cg_draw2D "1" seta cg_gibs "0" seta cg_stereoSeparation "0.4" seta cg_fov "105" seta cg_zoomfov "45" seta cg_drawGun "0" seta cg_marks "0" seta cg_drawCrosshairNames "1" seta cg_drawCrosshair "7" seta cg_brassTime "0" seta cg_shadows "0" seta cg_viewsize "100" seta cg_predictItems "1" seta cl_maxpackets "100"

Sure Seldzar, do you want me to post it here or do you have any specific mail you want it sent to..?

Okay now Im going to say something that is really contradictory: Im a gamer and I want to use Win2k . If you play Q3, singelplayer and just 1on1 its quite okay with ~60fps, BUT if you play on a server with 8 ppl, and everybody is firing: misiles, grenades, railing, shafting all around you, then I can guarantee that those 20-30 fps makes a difference. Just my 2-cents to why every fps counts. I guess we all have to wait until 3dfx gets their head out and releases new drivers.

You (Seldzar) dont personally think I have about 90 fps on a v3-3000?? Well who can argue with that? I must be wrong or lying... Well of course my Q3 is tweaked alot, but I dont use singel-colored textures etc..and I havent touched anything in my pak-files either. Still I had about 90 (89.7 to be exact) in 800x600 when running, timedemo 1, demo demo001, in windows 98, thats it and thats that. Thx Dobbs, for letting me know Im not the only one who got such a performance decrease. /Sorry if I sounded cranky early in this message, a neighbor of mine is really bugging me....

Nope, I installed them yesterday, and they seem to work fine. Maybe you should download them again? "fine" is a definition of: Working in windows, sucks in Quake3 when it comes to fps

I acctually have the same problem (i think). This is it: I have a Microsoft Natural Keyboard, USB, and in Device Manager I have the following under Keyboards: "Microsoft USB Natural Keyboard" and "PC/AT PS/2 Keyboard (84-key)" with a "!" on it. Though my Keyboard seems to be working just fine, I cant uninstall the PS/2 keyboard that win2k seems to think I have. It just keeps coming back, after reboots.

I dont know why? I dont know how? But I still have an Aspi-checker reporting errorors, though build and version number is correct...So I thought "what the heck" and downloaded cdrwin3.8 from golden hawk again, installed it and it works right on...

I upgraded like you proposed, but after I reboot and run aspichk.exe It sais the following: "0xEB - ASPI is properly installed, but it is unable to initialize. It is uncertain what caused the failure (0x%02IX)." ? Is this really correct?

I have the latest ASPI, I still have problems with CDRwin? ;(

Hi. I had a problem with CDR-win 3.8, I have win2k and when I installed this program it asked me about the Aspi-update during the installation, so the first time I didnt let it update and then I can start the program (although I get an error about the aspi) but it doesnt find any of my cd/cdr drives (Pioneer DR-U06S, TEAC CDR55S, both SCSI), so I uninstall, and reinstall and then I let the program update the ASPI, now when I tried to run the program everything crashed, and I got a blue-screen, telling me all sorts of things and that I should restart etc... Anybody knows anything about this? btw: I guess I don't have to tell you, im feeling like a "newbie" in win2k,

Well, I got build 2128, and a logitech wheelman mouse USB on it, it works fine for simple things, but I cant install any of the drivers available, not that there are any specific for win2k that I have found. My question is, has anyone got any drivers that work? or gotten the existing ones to work? The only acctuall problem is that I cant get the thumb-button to work! Anyone here that has any info or help?