Re: D2_3dfx + 3dfx Voodoo3 = Low Refresh Rate

Article View: alt.games.descent

Article #81425

#81425

From: Goldwing
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 00:00

28 lines
1790 bytes

How can I change the default refresh rate?  I searched for the ascii string
"refresh" in my glide2x.ovl file, and it found some stuff that might help,
but I have no idea how to edit it!  Can anyone help me?
Kevin Murphy <ktmu...@pacbell.net> wrote in message
news:%uba5.78$DR6.138272@news.pacbell.net...
> the problem is the Glide2x.OVL file that is used for the DOS
> 3dfx games.  It only supports the default refresh rate on the v3.
>
> They have never answered our requests to fix it and the gamma commands
> for v3.
>
> If you want to spend sometime you could find, and hack the value in the
OVL
> file
>
>
> Goldwing\ <gold...@REMOVEtoREPLYsocal.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:T%aa5.125012$WS3.1091921@typhoon.we.rr.com...
> > Why is 60Hz the limit on D2_3dfx for the Voodoo3?  I was able to get
> D2_3dfx
> > up to 120Hz when I had a V2, and even with my old V1!  Unfortunately, I
> > don't still have my V2, so I cannot plug it in and get my 120Hz refresh
> rate
> > back.  60Hz really hurts my eyes!  Please help me!
> >
> >
>
>

Technical Details

Message-ID: <REpa5.125726$WS3.1106727@typhoon.we.rr.com>

Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!unknown!not-for-mail

References: <T%aa5.125012$WS3.1091921@typhoon.we.rr.com> <%uba5.78$DR6.138272@news.pacbell.net>

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

From: "Goldwing\\" <gold...@REMOVEtoREPLYsocal.rr.com>
Subject: Re: D2_3dfx + 3dfx Voodoo3 = Low Refresh Rate
Date: 2000/07/10
Message-ID: <REpa5.125726$WS3.1106727@typhoon.we.rr.com>
X-Deja-AN: 644730583
References: <T%aa5.125012$WS3.1091921@typhoon.we.rr.com> <%uba5.78$DR6.138272@news.pacbell.net>
X-Priority: 3
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200
X-Complaints-To: ab...@rr.com
X-Trace: typhoon.we.rr.com 963258033 24.165.67.172 (Mon, 10 Jul 2000 12:40:33 PDT)
Organization: Road Runner
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 12:40:33 PDT
Newsgroups: alt.games.descent
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

Reply to Parent Message