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#Latest Vibrant Drivers

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#125396From: Hernando A. RuizSep 24, 1994 8:46 AM
I have encountered a slight problem with the Sept release of the Vibrant In Line Drivers for 3DS. Using the ATI Graphics Pro Turbo Mach 64 cards, it causes 3DS to take two to three times longer to start. I have experimented with the drivers on two machines that use this card. One was using the PCI version w/ 2MB of VRAM, the other was an ISA version w/ 4MB of VRAM. One was on a Pentium 90 the other on a 486 66Mhz. The problem ocurred on both. Please let me know if others have had the problem, and if Vibrant plans to correct this. In the future, I may not want to use this Video card. Thanks Hernando Ruiz
#125402From: GARY C GOSHASep 24, 1994 9:33 AM
Hernando, I have a PCI ATI Pro Turbo and I have the same problem and it is really annoying. Use the latest Vibrant drivers and also download ANTIVE.ZIP from the Hardware section of ASOFT. The ANTIVE.ZIP file will unzip to a program called ANTIVESA and it should be run just before you start 3DS. This will help the situation but it won't solve all of the slowing problems with the ATI board. The STB 4MB lightspeed board works much better. Regards, Gary Gosha Mirage Graphics
#125659From: Hernando A. RuizSep 26, 1994 2:14 PM
Thanks, for the advice, I will give it a try. I am upgrading my motherboard to a VESA to see if it helps. I hope it doesnt conflict with the Targa, modem, sound card, SCSI, CD-ROM. I really got a loaded up machine. Maybe I will try out a Stealth 64 VLB. Thanks again. Hernando
#125512From: sherwood egbertSep 25, 1994 3:39 PM
had the card , tryed for 4 hours to get it working with 3ds , returned it , got a genoa 64 phantom , worked first time. ati has some problems. sherwood
#125760From: Zac RymlandSep 27, 1994 1:16 AM
Sherwood; PMJI, but I have the ATI Mach 64 w/ 4 Mb and am having some problems, can you tell me the specs of the Genoa Phantom that you are using? Zac (AZ-TECH) Berkeley