Just for kicks, is V2 SLI in Win 2K possible?

[acroig]

Yes, I know, what the heck for, but i got them and thought of firing up some old Glide games. Is SLI possible, or only one card will be recognized. I have the 3dfx Win 2K drivers and two Monster 3D's.

Thanks, and no laughter please!!

 

[EdipisReks]

i see no reason why SLI wouldn't work in win2k. i know of some people who used 2 voodoo2's in conjunction with a geforce, and i'm pretty sure they were using win2k. just give it a try. if it doesn't work, you can always use a glide emulator.

 

[thedan]

You could, but the win2k drivers are only Glide, not Direct3D.

 

[acroig]

That's fine, D3D will be handled by a Ti200. It's just Glide that I want. Will try it and see how it goes.

 

[XaosII]

why dont you jsut find a Glide wrapper, and itll be the same thing, noyl running faster....

 

[TheWart]

ahh, i was too poor to ever get SLI back in the day. only one V2 8MB for me

 

[acroig]

I never found a Glide wrapper that would really work, besides if the hardware is there why not use it? Heat? No problem.

 

[huesmann]

Heh, yeah I still have my pair of 12MB V2s sitting in a box somewhere.

 

[Brian48]

Ah, the V2. The greatest product 3dfx ever put out in my opinion. What memories.

Anyway, SLI should work perfectly fine under Win2k/WinXP (for Glide or OpenGL via miniGL only) and there's several unofficial drivers you can choose from, although I prefer the last set of betas that 3dfx put out just prior to going under. I used to run a set all the way up to the time I got my GeForce3. I agree that there isn't a single Glide wrapper out there that comes close to the real thing. Seeing as I don't play Diablo II any more (the last really great Glide supported game), I've finally retired my trusty old CLV2 12mb SLI (used for OVER THREE YEARS straight!).

 

[Thump553]

I still play Diablo II a lot on a system running Win2k. I tried a while back to get my Voodoo II SLI setup to work but it just locks up everytime I entered a game. Gave up and pulled the cards, but I'd love it if someone could point me to the correct drivers, etc. to use.

 

[Brian48]

These are the ones I used to use: http://www.ntcompatible.com/download.php?id=8

 

[acroig]

Just to follow up, it worked! V2 SLI in Win 2K with the last 3dfx beta drivers. This sure brings back memories! I have a question though, the refresh rate is stuck at 60htz, is there any way to change it? No NVRefresh Rate Fix? HEHEHEH!

 

[Brian48]

Yes. The refreshrate is very easily adjustable via the registry. Here's what I normally used since 85hz is MAX for the V2 at most resolutions. You can follow the path using regedit and just make whatever custom adjustments you want or copy/paste the following into a text file with Notepad and name it "Gliderefreshrate.reg" (or whatever). After you doubleclick the file to install, you should be set.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\3Dfx Interactive\Voodoo2\Glide]
"SSTV2_RGAMMA"="1.40"
"SSTV2_GGAMMA"="1.40"
"SSTV2_BGAMMA"="1.40"
"SSTV2_REFRESH_512x384"="85"
"SSTV2_REFRESH_640x400"="85"
"SSTV2_REFRESH_640x480"="85"
"SSTV2_REFRESH_800x600"="85"
"SSTV2_REFRESH_1024x768"="85"

 

[The_Lurker]

You can use a test try of PS strip.. and it can keep it at 85 for you.

 

[acroig]

Thanks all for responding, its working great, just had to coax Wolfenstein not to use the Voodoo as default (seta r_glIgnoreWicked3D "1" in both config files). The 3dfx Win2K drivers gave just what I wanted, Glide only.