Athlon 500+ V770(TNT2U)+ Unreal(not tourney)= Trouble

[Shukla]

I'm still having problems running Unreal. I did a clean Win98 SE install. Then, I installed the AMD AGP drivers (latest ones). I did not install any of the Via drivers at all.

I installed Unreal, and it locks up. I have a:

K7 500Mhz (not overclocked)
K7M Mobo
Diamond Viper V770 (TNT2 Ultra)
128 Meg Micron Ram set to CAS3
AMD approved PS (ANTEC 303X)

I installed Unreal on my K6-3 system and it runs w/o a hitch (in s/w rendering mode). The K6-3 only has a Matrox Mystique 220 card in it.

I've tried patching Unreal. I installed the 219 patch, tried it, didn't work. Then I installed the 220 patch, tried it, didn't work. Finally tried the 225f patch, still no joy.

I can get into the game in Safe Mode. I've tried going to the advanced options and setting the rendering to D3D and no joy. I've tried OGL, still no fun.

I'm stumped. Does Unreal just hate my V770 card? I've tried the 3.53 drivers, 3.68 drivers and even the latest 5.22 drivers.

I've even underclocked the vid card using Powerstrip, still no fun.

Somehow Anand got it to work in his vid card reviews.

Could I have some screwed up Unreal CD? Is there anyway to tell which version CD it is?
On the Unreal website (www.unreal.com), there's some info regarding versions of the game that patches may/may not be compatible with. I'm not sure what version I have (can't tell from the CD). Any ideas on this?

I'd appreciate any help.

 

[Angrymarshmello]

Have you tried the Detonator 2.08's? (DL'able from www.force3d.com --> Tweaks (or Files, can't remember) I have always had problems with all driver releases for the TNT2U besides for the 2.08s. (3.53s crash Quake3 for me on my Celeron)

 

[Mickster]

hey,
i've had similar probs.
try the 3.77 drivers,
they kick over 3.79's that come with Me.
and very stable no V-sync tearing or anything like i got the 5.XX series
My Two Cycles

 

[Shukla]

Well, I installed a Rage Pro PCI and I've had no problems at all. I reinstalled the TNT2U (AGP) and can't get 3d acceleration to work.

I tried a number of games with the TNT, and can't get them to work. I even uninstalled all cards on my computer except the TNT2U and still no fun. I tried to run DX7 diag, but DDraw seems to crash. Very strange.

Any ideas what this could be? Could I have a bad AGP slot somehow?