Strange Gf3 problem

[tweakr]

Hey guys,

Had my Gf3 for over 6 months now, with no problems up until I try to use detonator vers. 22.xx and above. Really weird bug - OpenGL games work fine, but in Direct3D, menus in games do not work at all - in Direct3D, it seems like only the 3D graphics themselves work (for example, in the car demo of 3dMark2001, I see the cars and so on, but no HUD at the bottom).

The only way in which this card has been modified other than overclocking it (and the strange behavious persists when at default clock), is that I flashed the bios to ver 3.20.00.12.00 (Brooktree TV-out), and I'm not sure if this could be causing the problem. Unfortunately, the HD that used to have all my backup stuff on has gone byebyes, so even if I did keep the original 3.20.00.10.00 bios, I can't get at it. If anyone happens to have a GF3 3.20.00.10.00 (Brooktree) bios lying around, I'd be most willing to give that a shot and see if it'll work . Otherwise, anyone have any ideas?

cheers
tweakr

 

[hook63]

Tweakr,
Been Having the same problems my self.
It's a dx 8 conflict i think. Installing detonator 23.12 drivers
is the only thing I have found to work reliably.
What gf3 card do you have?
I'm using a gainward gf3 ti 450.
Let me know if the det drvrs help.

 

[tweakr]

hi hook, ta for replying

I've tried every detonator release I can find from 21.85 up to 23.12, and the only one that works is 21.85. Same problem with every single one, mising 2D graphics and menus etc. 3D graphics are also really stuttery, and there's a lot of random stuff flashing about.

It's an original model GF3 I have, I think it's a Jetway board (basically it's a reference board). Modified with a Silver Orb on front and back, and the original heatsinks cleaned up and reapplied with thermal paste and glue. I still don't think the board is at fault, because then it wouldn't work at all.

Backing hardware is an Epox 8KHA+, Athlon 1400, 512mb Crucial DDR, Promise U100Raid, Nic, Sound, Modem etcetc. Nothing I've tried has fixed the problem, and it's annoying me! :disgust:.

cheers again m8
tweakr