Anyone know where to find Savage2000/Viper II WinXP drivers?

[Quickfingerz]

Ones that work for OpenGL and TV-out... Thanks in advance

 

[nemesismk2]

here is a link to the only known source of Savage2000 drivers!

 

[winr]

http://forums.viahardware.com/messageview.cfm?catid=29&threadid=13668



http://www.viper2.hpg.ig.com.br/viper2_vs_geforce.htm


http://www.viper2.hpg.ig.com.br/index.htm

 

[Plester]

you are a glutton for punishment. hats off to anyone who works with savage2000 boards!

 

[nemesismk2]

Originally posted by: Plester
you are a glutton for punishment. hats off to anyone who works with savage2000 boards!

I recently aquired a Inno3D Savage 2000 for testing and I was surprised by how bad the drivers are, most of the supported features didn't even have a driver option to enable them.

 

[bsauerbr]

Well, I can tell you one place not to look, and that is Diamond Legacy Support. The best they could do is tell me to check the install CD. Yeah, thanks Diamond. I hope one of the other links here work for you. I gave up on my ViperII and grabbed one of the VTek GF3Ti200 at the BestBuy Black Friday sale about a week after I got this email.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Diamond Legacy Support" <Support@diamondlegacy.com>
To: <bsauerbr>
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 5:34 PM
Subject: RE: Viper II: Drivers for WinXP?


> Dear valued customer,
> Thank you for contacting Diamond Legacy Product Support.
>
> The product you are referring to is a Legacy product and there have been no
> further updates to drivers, specifically Windows XP Diamond drivers. I would
> suggest you check the Microsoft Hardware Compatibility list
> (http://www.microsoft.com/hcl) to see if your product is under compliance. I
> would recommend checking with Microsoft to see if they have any driver
> available on the installation CD.
>
> If you need any further assistance, please feel free to reply back to us.
> Regards-
> Mark L
> Diamond Legacy Product Support
> support@diamondlegacy.com
> http://www.diamondmm.com
>
> * Please include all previous messages (in text format) for continuation of
> support and also ensure your return e-mail address is correct. Undeliverable
> messages will be deleted. *
>
> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
> What drivers are currently recommended for Windows XP? Any plans for
> official
> Windows XP drivers?
>
> I installed the Windows 2000 5.12.01.9008-9.21.01 drivers. They work OK but
> there some font problems in Windows XP. The title bar of a window or maybe
> one
> line in a window is unreadable. If I minmize/restore the problem sometimes
> goes away in that window.
>
> I also tried running 4x4Evolution using Direct3D and there were serious
> rendering problems. Parts of the scenery and roofs on the trucks were
> missing.

 

[ViRGE]

Ahh, I take it you haven't found Ranger yet. Try https://archive:archive@ranger.s3graphics.com/.

 

[Bagger]

Virge, that's very odd. .. I checked that link and when you click on Savage 2000 the only drivers available are Linux?? But for Savage 4 there's a driver for every OS known to man...

 

[vss1980]

S3, or should I say S3 Graphics, did actually release newer Windows 2000/XP drivers for the Savage2000 which supported OpenGL in WinXP and some of the display tools only a few months ago - but recently withdrew support altogether for the product. I personally think it was kind of an exercise to get the Savage 2000 working at least 1/2 right in Windows XP before they announced and released the new Savage XP chip.
Of course, as the Savage2000 is not actually an S3 Graphics product, they no longer needed to support the product so the drivers have been withdrawn.

Luckily, these drivers have been mirrored before S3 took them away and here is the direct link to probably the last ever Savage 2000 driver at the hastec site.

As for font corruption errors, you will probably find that turning down the acceleration slider under the display properties might help a fair bit, or limiting your motherboard to just operating on AGP 2x or without sidebanding.

 

[ViRGE]

Humm, you're right Bagger, I hadn't bothered taking a look. I just went dumpster diving, and I think I know why. The Savage2000 was "recalled" almost 2 years ago. S3 was doing an "under the table" deal where they would give out Viper770's for Savage2000's. That said, I think it's safe to call the Savage2000 junked.

 

[nemesismk2]

Originally posted by: vss1980
S3, or should I say S3 Graphics, did actually release newer Windows 2000/XP drivers for the Savage2000 which supported OpenGL in WinXP and some of the display tools only a few months ago - but recently withdrew support altogether for the product. I personally think it was kind of an exercise to get the Savage 2000 working at least 1/2 right in Windows XP before they announced and released the new Savage XP chip.
Of course, as the Savage2000 is not actually an S3 Graphics product, they no longer needed to support the product so the drivers have been withdrawn.

Luckily, these drivers have been mirrored before S3 took them away and here is the direct link to probably the last ever Savage 2000 driver at the hastec site.

As for font corruption errors, you will probably find that turning down the acceleration slider under the display properties might help a fair bit, or limiting your motherboard to just operating on AGP 2x or without sidebanding.

I had already posted a link for the latest drivers above. Here's my suggestion for the Savage 2000. Open up your rubbish bin and throw it in, anything would be better than a Savage 2000.

 

[Peter]

... or put it into a Linux box.