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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: Rampage dongle Reply #135 - 18.02.12 at 17:58:55 Dongle voltage testing- .040 volts on the outer two traces, .041 on the center trace. New videos up in a bit, testing over for the day.
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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: Rampage dongle Reply #136 - 18.02.12 at 18:31:06 Youtube video of OpenGVS running- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gimYFN5BtWk&feature=youtu.be
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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: Rampage dongle Reply #137 - 18.02.12 at 18:42:19 Done testing for the day, even tried the old X-29 plane demo with no luck. The only thing that ran somewhat was the Quantum3D OpenGVS demo and even then was reliable only in wire frame mode. Gary
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NitroX infinity YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 1936 The Netherlands Gender:	Re: Rampage dongle Reply #138 - 18.02.12 at 19:07:00 Question. The opengl32.dll you're using is actually 3dfxogl.dll right? Have you tried using an opengl dll from another brand (ati/nnvidia/etc) ?
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Loeschzwerg Senior Member Offline AAlchemy PSU maker :-) Posts: 396 Germany -> Bavaria -> Augsburg Gender:	Re: Rampage dongle Reply #139 - 18.02.12 at 19:09:06 Little Update from my side too: The voltages you measured seem wrong to me at all ^^ I will send you a detailed description what you need to measure via mail. Hm... I thought it would be easier to get a few programs running on the card
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Reply #140 - 18.02.12 at 19:12:49

NitroX infinity wrote on 18.02.12 at 19:07:00:

Question. The opengl32.dll you're using is actually 3dfxogl.dll right? Have you tried using an opengl dll from another brand (ati/nnvidia/etc) ?

Yes, the file i'm using is from Rashlys site, 3dfxogl.dll, 2.69 megs, version 0.0.1

No have not tried one from another brand, that does give me an idea though.

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Reply #141 - 18.02.12 at 19:14:18

Loeschzwerg wrote on 18.02.12 at 19:09:06:

The voltages you measured seem wrong to me at all ^^ I will send you a detailed description what you need to measure via mail.

Hm... I thought it would be easier to get a few programs running on the card Sad

Measured from the grounds on the output side to the three traces indicated while sitting at a desktop with nothing going on, good Fluke digital meter.

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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: Rampage dongle Reply #142 - 18.02.12 at 23:06:52 Is there any application that can measure the clockspeed of a GPU? Perhaps I should try loading 3dfx tools... hmmmm.
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Reply #143 - 18.02.12 at 23:12:08

As far as I know, there is not a program that can properly read the speeds unless it's in the database of that program.

I've been cataloging (spelling?) my secondary videocard collection and have gotten very strange results in GPU-Z. For instance S3 cards were reported to have core clockspeeds of over 18000 MHz!!!

I think reading the bios file with a hex editor would be the most reliable thing.

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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: Rampage dongle Reply #144 - 18.02.12 at 23:32:33 NitroX infinity wrote on 18.02.12 at 23:12:08: I think reading the bios file with a hex editor would be the most reliable thing. I'll have to take a crack at that in the morning.
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sigtau Junior Member Offline I'm Obsessed with 3Dfx!!! Posts: 86 Houston, TX USA Gender:	Re: Rampage dongle Reply #145 - 19.02.12 at 03:05:12 Will a minigl driver work with the Rampage? When I was messing around with an AAlchemy system a few years back, I didn't have very good luck using the Q3D 3dfxogl.dll file to run games. However, the Metabyte minigl worked perfectly on most OpenGL games I tried.
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Reply #146 - 19.02.12 at 03:16:00

sigtau wrote on 19.02.12 at 03:05:12:

Will a minigl driver work with the Rampage? When I was messing around with an AAlchemy system a few years back, I didn't have very good luck using the Q3D 3dfxogl.dll file to run games. However, the Metabyte minigl worked perfectly on most OpenGL games I tried.

Rampage isn't based on VSA, chances are very slim it will work.

Like trying to use an NV board with an ATI driver if you will.

Tried Wizmark with no luck, was able to load 3dfx tools but provides NO information!

Max Payne actually starts and runs but the screen is distorted, like in the OpenGVS demo.

The screen is "banded" like running a V6K with bad chip.

Edit- Tried opengl32 from wicked3d, application looks for glide which of course none are present.

Edit2- For the heck of it, i'm going to reinstall Direct X 9 and see what happens.

Edit3- Dumped the BIOS and checked it out with editor, no information about clocks or other info present.

Edit4- 3D Mark 99 MAXX is a no go as well.

Edit5- AGP mode 1x made no difference.

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m14radu God Member Offline Take your chance ! Posts: 555 Timisoara, Romania Gender:	Re: Rampage dongle Reply #147 - 19.02.12 at 08:57:31 Nice to see that you manage to run the beast I would suggest to contact the guys from Nexthardware, who manage to run this card. Maybe Glide or Sirta can help http://www.forumzone.it/showthread.php?t=8740 Good work Gary !
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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: Rampage dongle Reply #148 - 19.02.12 at 12:59:38 m14radu wrote on 19.02.12 at 08:57:31: I would suggest to contact the guys from Nexthardware, who manage to run this card. Maybe Glide or Sirta can help No help from that direction, they claim all software has been deleted or lost.
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goriath God Member Offline Ruggedized Retro Gamer Posts: 599 Italy/Slovenija Gender:	Re: Rampage dongle Reply #149 - 19.02.12 at 14:36:46 gdonovan wrote on 19.02.12 at 12:59:38: m14radu wrote on 19.02.12 at 08:57:31: I would suggest to contact the guys from Nexthardware, who manage to run this card. Maybe Glide or Sirta can help No help from that direction, they claim all software has been deleted or lost. That news sucks
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