Graphics Blaster Readme
==========================

This file contains the following sections:

    1. Driver Installation
    2. Games Compatibility Issue
    3. Known Problems
    4. General Notes


1. DRIVER INSTALLATION

    a. Unzip the zip file containing the new drivers into a temporary
       directory on your hard disk. (eg. C:\TEMP)

    b. Double-click on "Display" icon in the Windows 95 control panel.

    c. Click on "Settings".

    d. Click on "Change Display Type...".

    e. Click on "Change" for the Adapter Type.

    f. Click "Have Disk...".

    g. Browse to the temporary directory you unzipped the files in earlier.

    h. Select "exxtreme.inf" and click "Ok".

    i. Click "Ok" in the Install From Disk dialog box.

    j. Click "Ok" in the Select Device dialog box.

    k. The new driver files will be copied to your system.

    l. Close the control panel and restart your system.


2. GAMES COMPATIBILITY ISSUE

    Shiny's MDK
    -----------

    For better visual effect  experience, turn on "Use  flat  alpha
    for gouraud  alpha  blending" in the  device  manager applet for
    Graphics Blaster  Exxtreme.  Then set the game  option  "Texture
    upload fail on "on "Error only".

    Psygnosis's Wipeout XL
    ----------------------

    On 4MB boards, this game would not run. Try to turn on "Allocate
    more  memory  for  textures" in the  device  manager  applet for
    Graphics Blaster Exxtreme.

    ID's GLQuake and Raven's GLHexen II
    -----------------------------------

    Some versions of GLQuake and GLHexen II may show textures as white
    blocks of color on the Graphics Blaster Exxtreme.  To remedy this,
    try the following.

    (a) on GLQuake

        glquake.exe -lm_4

    (b) on GLHexen II

        glh2.exe -lm_4

    GLQuake and GLHexen II comes with an OPENGL32.DLL file that is  not
    meant for the Graphics Blaster Exxtreme. Rename or delete this file
    in the game directory to run GLQuake or  GLHexen II on the Graphics
    Blaster Exxtreme.

              
3. KNOWN PROBLEMS

    General
    -------

    If you encounter problem of black screen after soft reboot (Ctl-
    Alt-Del), try placing the Graphics Blaster Exxtreme into another
    PCI slot.

    Windows 95
    ----------

    With the Virtual  Desktop feature in  BlasterControl turned  on,
    running a full  screen application  may exhibit  clipped effect.
    Turn off Virtual Desktop feature to avoid this problem.

    Current VGA BIOS of Graphics Blaster Exxtreme fails the  SciTech
    UniVBE test. Watch out for the updated SciTech UniVBE driver  in
    our web site which will support additional VESA modes.

    Disable the option "Allocate more memory for better performance"
    in the Performance  setting  menu when playing  VideoCD or  MPEG
    files.


4. GENERAL NOTES:

    a. DMPS

       Certain motherboards lockup system when going into low-power
       standby mode. To go around this problem, disable the DPMS feature
       in the motherboard BIOS.

    AGP version
    (The following is applicable to Graphics Blaster Exxtreme AGP
    version only)

    a. AGP Aperture

       The motherboard's BIOS setting for AGP Aperture should be 8MB or
       above. Otherwise the DirectDraw/Direct3D will fail to use hardware
       acceralation (HAL).

    b. GART Vxd

       The installation disk contains GART (Graphics Address Remap Table)
       Vxd for Intel chipset (LX440) only.  For motherboard with other
       chipset type, please check the availability of similar Vxd from
       your motherboard/chipset manufacturer.

    c. Allocate more memory for performance

       The performance setting for the above (found in device properties)
       should be disabled for the AGP version.  Otherwise the driver will
       not use the system memory for texture map.