# | README file for | | ELSA Windows 98 Treiber, Ver. 4.12.01.0112-0010 | | TNT/TNT2/TNT2-M64/GeForce 3D REVELATOR | | Copyright © 2000 ELSA AG (Aachen, Germany) | | ELSA AG Internet : http://www.elsa.de | Sonnenweg 11 | D-52070 Aachen | | ELSA Inc. Internet : http://www.elsa.com | 1630 Zanker Road | San Jose, CA 95112 | USA | | ELSA Asia Inc. Internet : http://www.elsa.com | 7F-11, No. 188, Sec. 5 | Nanking East Road | Taipei 105 | Taiwan, R. O. C. | | ELSA Japan Inc. Internet : http://www.elsa.com | Mita Suzuki Building 3F | 5-20-14 Shiba, Minato-ku | Tokyo 108-0014 | Japan | | 02/09/2000, MSuhre Contents 1. Overview 2. Contents 3. Installation 4. History 5. Release Notes 6. Known Bugs and Operating Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Overview This driverpackage contains the ELSA Display Driver for Microsoft Windows 95/98. The driver supports 256, 65536 and 16 Million colors in all resolutions available on used board. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2. Contents This directory contains the following files: README.TXT the file you currently look at LIESMICH.TXT german version of README VERSION.TXT version info about driver and tools ELSARVL.CAB display driver for NVIDIA based graphic boards ELSARVL.INF installation file for driver and tools ELSAEXST.CAB Property page "ELSA Driver Settings" ST3DSET.CAB stereo settings for 3D REVELATOR EDSWITCH.EXE driverswitch: original to ELSA driver and back EDSWT_DE.DLL Language DLL german EDSWT_FR.DLL Language DLL french EDSWT_ES.DLL Language DLL spanish EDSWT_IT.DLL Language DLL italien In case of trouble during or after installation, please make sure you have all the files mentioned above! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3. Installation 3.1 Installation from CD During a running Windows 98 session insert the CD into your CD-ROM. Normally after the CD is read, a setup is started and guides through installation. In case 'Auto Insert Notification' is disabled in your system, the setup has to be started manually by double clicking its icon in the root of CD. Now you can choose the components to be installed. After rebooting the system your monitor is recognized and installed. The resolution and color depth can be chosen now. 3.2 Installing downloaded driver packages Driver packages from the web are self-extracting EXEs. The files are temporary copied to e.g. c:\elsainst directory and an automatic driver setup is started. Tools are installed, too. After finishing the setup or canceling the procedure the extracted installation files are deleted, including the temporary created folder. 3.3 Microsoft WHQL confirm way to install After Windows recognized the ELSA graphics adapter choose 'Have Disk...'. If you are updating the driver manually, select 'change...' in the advanced settings of the diplay properties. Now browse through the ELSA CD and select the proper display driver subdirectory (e.g. GLORIA\SYNERGY\WIN9X\STANDARD).Windows will copy the driver files and prompt you to reboot the computer. After restarting, Windows is running with the ELSA display drivers active. If your graphics adapter is not the primary display adapter in Windows 98, you have to activate the hardware by clicking on the connected monitor bitmap in the global windows display settings. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4. Revision History This section describes changes to the previous releases of this disk. Version 4.11.01.0100-0008 - first released version Version 4.11.01.0100-0009 - support for TNT2-M64 boards added Version 4.12.01.0112-0010 - full DirectX7 support - based on NVIDIA Build 369 - windowed "3D-Stereo" for DirectX implemented - full screen "3D-Stereo" for OpenGL implemented - support for GeForce 256 graphics boards added ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5. Release notes 5.1 Restrictions : We`ve tested the Diamond Viper 550, Viper 770 Ultra and Creative Labs Graphics Blaster TNT, TNT2 Ultra. Complete functionality can't be guaranteed for other hardware. The driver is based on up-to-date nVidia ULTRA DETONATOR releases. Possibly the original tools provided by your graphics hardware vendor are not accessible or they are, but loose functionality. Special functions, like e.g. TV out, perhaps don't work anymore. 5.2 DirectDraw/Direct3D support The display driver do support DirectDraw/Direct3D from DirectX7, but to use it in an application, you must install DirectDraw/Direct3D. The Microsoft DirectDraw/Direct3D components are not included in the standard retail version of Windows 9x. You need an installation of DirectX7. To install DirectDraw/Direct3D use the CDSETUP from your CD or start the DXsetup.exe in the folder: Drive:\APPS\DIRECTX7 5.3 AGP and Windows 95/98 AGP is supported only by the Windows version OSR-2.1 or higher. This is available after upgrading a Windows 95b (OSR2.0) version by the USB-Update 'USBSUPP.EXE'. The version number of your installed Windows can be found in the registry under: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ Windows\CurrentVersion\Version and VersionNumber. The Entries for OSR-2.1 are: Version "Windows95" VersionNumber "4.03.1212" or "4.03.1214" If your mainboard has no Intel chipset it may be necessary to install a chipset specific software patch to get best support and performance using the AGP port. Normally this patch should be delivered on CD with your system or mainboard. Otherwise you may get the newest patches on the internetsites of the chipset vendors. Other chipset vendors are, e.g.: VIA, SIS, ALI. http://www.via.com.tw/ http://www.ali.com.tw/ If you have any questions about full AGP support on non Intel mainboards please consult your distributor. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6. Known Bugs and Operating Notes This section documents known anomalies or problems and gives hints on work arounds. - if there are flashing effects visible while playing 3D games with "3D Stereo" feature enabled, please make sure that the checkbox "poll with interrupts enabled" under: Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Game Controllers -> Advanced is enabled. - if using the "no wait for vsync" option under "ELSA Driver Settings" "3D Revelator" stereo support will not work. - if "3D Revelator" is activated the Transform & Lighting acceleration capability is temporary deactivated. - if using this graphics board with Windows9x on mainboards with VIA chipsets (MVP3, Apollo, a.s.o.) it is strongly necessary to install the VIA AGP driver patch "VIAGARTD.VXD" version 3.3 or newer. You can download this patch at: HTTP://www.via.com.tw or ask your system distributor. - for maximum performance the AntiAliasing checkbox in: Display Properties - Settings - Advanced - Driver Settings - More 3D, should be set to "Disable" - Task switching while 3D applications are active leads to corruption of textures in some cases - OpenGL screen savers oftenly crash if an additional suspend is executed by the system or manually. - Switching VESA modes to windowed mode (normaly an error pops up) leads to system crash - Windows suspend during active 3D applications may cause system crash in Windows 95 - For best display quality, in the 'More Direct3D' section of 3D Settings Texel Alignment should be set to "upper left corner". - Mouse trails are not displayed, because the Riva chip accelerates this Windows functionality in hardware - Under Windows 95 there are problems with topical games. ------------------------------------------------------------------------