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8887 and DX9?

post #1 of 10
3/11/03 at 11:58pm
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Has anyone run DX9 successfully on their 8887? I'm having a problem with it.

I just got Freelancer, which unfortunately requires DX9. After I install DX9, my computer will hard freeze playing cutscenes during games. For example, I can't get through the opening of Freelancer (normally it freezes around "We're from Medical. Is anyone hurt", however, I have gotten to the bar for the first mission twice). In addition, games that were fine before (ex. C+C Generals) freeze during cutscenes as well. Restoring to pre-DX9 install will make the other games stable again.

Freelancer installs and runs fine on another machine.

The laptop is running XP SP1, with the latest drivers from sagernotebook.com (they're newer than the ones on the CD). I've reformatted and reinstalled XP, and I reinstalled the drivers in the order from the manual. I'm also up to date with Windows Update (there was one update for Indeo codec freezing, but no joy). I also experimented with newer audio/video drivers from ATI and Realtek.

Given the way it's freezing (hard lock, no keyboard response to Ctrl-Alt-Del) and the fact that turning sound hardware acceleration down increase the time to freeze, I'm thinking it's DX9. Does anyone have DX9 running correctly?
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post #2 of 10
3/13/03 at 2:13am
I've got the same problem.

Wish I had an answer, but you're not alone.

=Vex=
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post #3 of 10
3/13/03 at 12:01pm
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I've tried the new sound drivers from Realtek. There wasn't any change in DX9. DX8 might have improved slightly, but I didn't run long enough to be sure.

The bug report is working its way through Freelancer tech support now. I'm thinking it will move upstream to DX9 sometime soon.
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post #4 of 10
3/13/03 at 11:41pm
I have the same problem. It's driving me crazy. Only I had this problem with DX8 also.
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post #5 of 10
3/14/03 at 12:04am

Re: 8887 and DX9?

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Originally posted by rpalmer3
Has anyone run DX9 successfully on their 8887? I'm having a problem with it....
I have been running DX9 for quite some time on my 8887-X.

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System Information
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Time of this report: 3/13/2003, 18:58:43
Machine name: LS-02
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 1 (2600.xpsp1.020828-1920)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: sag168168
System Model: Intel 845E
BIOS: Insyde Software MobilePRO BIOS Version 1.01 (R3.04f.128)
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.06GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 1024MB RAM
Page File: 148MB used, 1289MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0 (4.09.0000.0900)
DX Setup Parameters: /Silent
DxDiag Version: 5.03.0000.0900 32bit Unicode

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Display Devices
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Card name: MOBILITY RADEON 9000
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: Mobility Radeon 9000 (LF)
DAC type: Internal DAC(350MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4C66&SUBSYS_88801558&REV_01
Display Memory: 128.0 MB
Current Mode: 1600 x 1200 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Default Monitor
Monitor Max Res:
Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version: 6.13.0010.6218 (English)
DDI Version: 8
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 11/7/2002 06:21:18, 243328 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: ati2mtag.sys
Mini VDD Date: 11/7/2002 06:20:54, 540288 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-0F26-11CF-A26E-8AA8A3C2CB35}
Vendor ID: 0x1002
Device ID: 0x4C66
SubSys ID: 0x88801558
Revision ID: 0x0001
Revision ID: 0x0001
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_D ModeMPEG2_C
...snip...

Runs like a charm!
-myrkat
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post #6 of 10
3/14/03 at 2:22am
Yep, generals crashes for me too.
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post #7 of 10
3/15/03 at 1:32am

hmmm

I have DX 9 installed and it works fine with all the games I have tested. Some of these games are:

BF1942
Half Life and nearly every mod every made lol
Sim City 4
Hitman 2
Max Payne
MOHAA
C&C Generals
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post #8 of 10
3/15/03 at 10:09am
My ATI driver is version 6292, may that has something to do with it.
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post #9 of 10
3/15/03 at 4:26pm

Get the catalyst 3.2

I would recommend this driver because it is performing beautifully!!

Tested with most of the games wisefish mentioned pluf BF1942 etc. and it works great!!
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post #10 of 10
3/15/03 at 4:55pm
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I think I've fixed the problem (more testing is needed). I had to disable hyperthreading in the BIOS and reinstall windows.

Anyway, right now it "appears" stable. I'll run some more tests now.

Of course, when I reinstalled windows, I had the MP3 player in (arrrgh).
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