Voodoo Banshee Windows(r) 9x/ME AGP/PCI Driver Kit -------------------------------------- Voodoo Banshee(tm) Driver kit: X-Gamers 3 IMPORTANT: THE USE OF THIS DRIVER IS ON YOUR OWN RISK! NO RESPONSIBILITY! WHAT'S NEW IN BANSHEE DRIVER KIT X-Gamers 3 : -NEW AGP DRIVER -NEWEST TWEAKED DRIVERS -NEWEST REGISTRY TWEAK FOR BANSHEE (Xpentor optimizers ) *2001* Released Date: 7-7-2001 Xpentor Optimizers *2001* Website: http://www.geocities.com/xpentor/xpentor.html E-mail: bergkamp_2000@mailcity.com Known problem: The Banshee Property Sheet may not work correctly ======================================================================= What's in the distribution? ======================================================================= This distribution contains Voodoo Banshee drivers, control panel for Windows 98. The DirectDraw portion of the drivers supports Direct3D when using DirectX 8 NOTE: DirectX 8 redistributable files should be used with these drivers! ======================================================================= Installation ======================================================================= Requirements ------------ - Windows 98 - PC with a supported processor: AMD,INTEL AND CYRIX WITH MMX OR 3DNOW! OR BOTH and a free AGP/PCI slot - 16MB of RAM Fresh Installation ------------------ WARNING: 3DFX TOOLS MUST BE INSTALLED FIRST! NOTE: Complete Steps 1 and 2 before removing your existing 2D card. 1) Extract the files for the Voodoo Banshee driver to a directory. 2) Before removing your existing 2D card switch the video driver to Standard VGA. Click Start, Control Panel. Double-click on Display. Select 640X480 and 16 colors. Accept the changes. 3) Power off the system and remove your existing 2D card. 4) Install the Voodoo Banshee Card in a free AGP/PCI Slot 5) Power on the system and verify that video appears during post. 6) Start Windows in Normal mode (Once Windows starts you may be notified that no video device exists, click Cancel if this message appears) 7) Windows will detect a new VGA Compatible Display. You need to: Windows 98: Click the Next Button on the Detection Dialog Box and in the "Specify a Location" field click the checkbox then enter the path to the Win98 directory in the drivers location. 8) Then go to Control Panel->Display->setting->advanced->select adapter->click to change.. choose have disk and select the voodoo banshee.inf from the voodoo banshee drivers directory then reboot 9) Install DirectX 8 or higher 10)Double click on Banshee registry tweak then select yes Upgrade Existing Voodoo Banshee Drivers -------------------------------- 1) Start Windows 98 2) Extract the files for the Voodoo Banshee driver to a directory. 3) Click Start, Control Panel. Double-click on Display. 4) Click the Settings tab then click: Windows 98 users: Click "Advanced Properties" 6) Then under "Change Display Type/Advanced Display" click "Change" 7) Change first to standard VGA display adapter! and then reboot. 8) After reboot,Then go to Control Panel->Display->setting->advanced->select adapter->click to change.. choose have disk and select the voodoo banshee.inf from the voodoo banshee drivers directory then reboot 9) Install DirectX 8 or higher 10)Double click on Banshee registry tweak then select yes Limitations ----------- Running 640x480 16 Color will run SUPERVGA.DRV or VGA.DRV. No Voodoo Banshee features will be used. Switch to a different resolution or color depth. Full windowed hardware acceleration with this version of the drivers is only possible when running at 16bpp modes. Troubleshooting --------------- #### Problem: After installing the card, the system still detects my old card even though it is no longer in the system. Resolution: See Step 2 of the "Fresh Installation" instructions.