does anyone know why 3dmark 2001 won't see my voodoo 3?

[acidvoodoo]

i'm pretty sure it doesn't because for the graphics information it says 'primary display driver', shouldn't that be voodoo 3? it also says the card has 0mb texture memory etc, i've downloaded the latest drivers, and 3dfx tools is installed. another thing, when i type 'dxdiag' in run, it says that AGP texture acceleration is not available

any ideas? does the card need reinstalling or something? i recently formatted and reinstalled windows on this system

specs;
amd k6-2 450mhz
128mb Pc100 sdram
WD 12.6gb hard drive
voodoo 3 2000 agp
Fic VA-503+ m board
windows 95 OS/2

3dmark2001 score, 529!!!

 

[rbV5]

DX8 support? wait a minute, how can you have a score?

 

[acidvoodoo]

yes i have the lates voodoo 3 drivers(supports DX8) and direct x 8

 

[Rand]

<< another thing, when i type 'dxdiag' in run, it says that AGP texture acceleration is not available


>>



The V3 does not support AGP texturing, the V3 basically uses the AGP slot as nothing more then a PCI slot with twice the bandwidth... it does not utilize any of AGP's advanced features.

Your 'issue' has nothing to do with 3DMark, 3DMark is merely reading what the system is reporting the graphics card as. If you want it to properly recognize it as a 3dfx Voodoo 3 a simple reinstall of the graphics card drivers should accomplish that.
You don't need to though, it will have no impact upon performance... it's merely how 3DMark is recognizing your card it will still fully utilize all of the V3's capabilities.



<< it also says the card has 0mb texture memory >>


A known bug in 3DMark 2001, it never reports the correct texture size if the registry is not delivering 3DMark with the exact name of the display adapter. FWIW, it also claims my GF2 Ti has 0MB texture memory.... simply ignore it, it's incorrect and has no impact upon the performance of your card under 3DMark.
3DMark has more then a small handful of bugs in the manner in which recognizes system hardware.



<< yes i have the lates voodoo 3 drivers(supports DX8) and direct x 8 >>



I believe what rbv5 meant was he thought you were inferring that your card supported DX8 features in hardware, which it does not. The latest drivers support DX8 games, but the V3 does not support all DX8 features in hardware.