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Inglo wrote:
> On 8/8/2004 6:43 PM McGrandpa brightened our day with:
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>> Inglo wrote:
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>>> On 8/8/2004 5:47 PM McGrandpa brightened our day with:
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>>>> I've gone through 3 mobos, 3 vid
>>>> cards, 2 sound cards since installing the 160g and XP Pro fresh and
>>>> clean.  No reinstalls since.  Overdue?
>>>> McG.
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>>> Sometimes you've gotta just bite the bullet and format C:.
>>> Kinda like cleaning out the gutters, it probably won't kill you if
>>> you don't but everything flows a lot smoother if clean em out once
>>> a yea. I'm closing in on feeling like its about time to do the
>>> same, I'm going to at least wait to hear if everyone's happy with
>>> SP2, then try to reinstall XP with SP2 slipstreamed.
>>>
>>> --
>>> The Brain From Planet Arous (1958):
>>> "Bad alien Gor takes over scientist Steve's brain; good alien Vol
>>> takes over Steve's dog's brain."
>>>
>>> Steve [Inglo]
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>> I'm thinking that SP1 could be part of the problem.  Is SP2
>> officially out yet?
>> McG.
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> It's been available since Friday through "Automatic Updates" but not
> the "Windows Update" site.  I've had automatic updating enabled but I
> still don't seem to have it.  There are unapproved places out there to
> download it and there's probably a p2p file.
> I run Norton Internet Security/Anti-Virus and there's some slight
> conflicts between it and SP2 that are going to be addressed in a patch
> released this Tuesday, which should coincide with SP2 showing up on
> Windows Update.
> DirectX 9.0c is available for download now, which is part of SP2.
> That won't help you with openGL though.
>
> --
> The Brain From Planet Arous (1958):
> "Bad alien Gor takes over scientist Steve's brain; good alien Vol
> takes over Steve's dog's brain."
>
> Steve [Inglo]

Oh man thinking about reinstalling over a hundred gigs of games and
software made me cringe.  So thought I "well, if I'm gonna have ta
reformat, trying a couple things won't hurt a bit!"
So, I installed DX9.0c .... and that cured the texture flashing in the
games that had it, including Doom3.  But in Doom 3 I've had the picture
rolling problem since installing the NV Omegas...uninstall them, and
from safe mode, installed the NV 61.77 drivers.  Oh, so THAT is what
Doom3 looks like!  Gee, this is cool! <quickly resets controls config>
oh HELL yeah!  WAY cool this!!!
Just turning on the fps from the console, it seems to average mid 60's
to low 70's, haven't run the timedemo yet.
In 1024x768-32, High settings, in advanced all on but no vsync and AA
set OFF.
Shit, looks a lot like Far Cry polybump don't it?  Well, I bowed out,
smugly happy, so I could update ya and go round up some food :)
Will play this when I get back, now that I can see it!  :o)  And I did
NOT reformat yet, but will pretty soon....sheesh I'm dreading that.
McG.