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Clappdocter
05-24-2003, 12:17 AM
Hello all : I just got a HP pavillion . It has a S3 Graphics ProSavageDDR vid card and I'm running XP home and a AMD 2.2 anthlon processor....When I run Blender everything is slow and the menus and pointer flashes....with wings 3D it won't even execute saying it had a TCP/IP error...I tried using the newest drivers from tha VIA site and everthing still is the same...All games seem to work ok as well as terragen...any suggestions ?

nospline
05-24-2003, 04:48 AM
I dunno anmything bout Blender, but... I run an older ATI card with Wings, and to see the verts I have to have the vcard acceleration turned down to the second lowest setting... hth's yas some :D

Clappdocter
05-24-2003, 08:14 AM
Ok thanks...I've never turned down the acceleration in any cards ...I'll so some digging and look into it though...

JamesMK
05-24-2003, 10:07 AM
S3... ? - Ouch! ;)

Poju
05-26-2003, 02:34 PM
Does it have hardware antialiasing?
Blender have broblems with it atleast with GForce, so if yor card have it try to turn it off

Clappdocter
05-26-2003, 06:48 PM
Thanks for the advise Poju : I looked for the antialailising features and didn't find it listed ...however to be sure I posted the question on the maufacturers bulletin board and will post the results later ...

negative9
05-27-2003, 03:41 AM
Blender is an OpenGL based program, maybe the settings for OpenGL in your video card need to be adjusted?

Just a shot in the dark, but I was playing around with another 3d program that had battery-drain-electic-whell-chair-speed, and I played with the Video Card settings and subverted the problem.

not to sure, just a thought.

//negative9//

H@dj
05-29-2003, 05:52 AM
Hi Clappdocter,

I had an old IBM with a savage card,
when i first started out using blender ,
and i had the same problem.

your savage card does support opengl,
but, here i have to agree with nospline,
about turning down your acceleration.

i fixed the problem by (windows)
right clicking on your desktop:

goto propertys>
settings>
advanced>
trouble shooting>
then turn down the acceleration about
halfway and give that a try:)

hope this helps,

dale

P.S. just found this post at elysiun:

http://www.elysiun.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11677&highlight=fonts

Clappdocter
05-29-2003, 06:44 AM
Wow thanks H@dj & pojos : I reset the acceleration to half and it did the same thing as usual...but knowing your experience and pojus I kept adjusting till I was only one notch from off ...I guess thats the low ...anyway I got 2.23 to work great .. everything is running smooth ...:applause:

Clappdocter
05-29-2003, 06:48 AM
oops I handed out kudos to the wrong person sorry nospline but thanks to you too...:wavey:

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