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Hercules Terminator BEAST
Windows 95/98 Drivers and Tools
Version 0.94.61102
Installation Guide
October 29th, 1998
CONTENTS
Introduction
If You're Updating From An Earlier Release
Installation
What's New In This Release
Known Limitations
How To Contact Hercules
Introduction
============
This guide contains the information you need to install our
Windows 95 drivers and tools for your Hercules product.
**************************IMPORTANT NOTE***PLEASE READ***************************
This driver version requires DirectX 6 for proper operation! Please install
DirectX 6 before using this release. If you are installing this driver release
from the Hercules driver CD, DirectX 6 will automatically be installed with the
Typical installation option. If you downloaded this software release, you may
obtain DirectX 6 from Microsoft's web site at
http://www.microsoft.com/directx/resources/dx6end.htm
*********************************************************************************
If You're Updating From An Earlier Release
==========================================
If you already have an earlier version of our Power Drive<tm>
Windows 95 driver installed, you should run the UnInstall
program located in the Hercules PowerTools program group
before continuing. Doing this removes the previous release
of software from your hard drive, as well as all old
references to the drivers and utilities in your configuration
files. The UnInstall program will also change your display
driver back to the standard VGA driver. After running the
UnInstall program, restart your computer.
Installation
============
To install this release, double-click the self-extracting installation program.
It will automatically decompress the driver and utility files and start the
installation process for you. Follow the onscreen prompts to install the drivers
and/or utilities. When prompted, restart your computer to complete installation.
What's New In This Release
==========================
1. Random flashing polygons in some Direct3D games and applications such as
BattleZone, 3D Winbench 98 and others have been eliminated.
2. Tiling problems have been fixed; for example the Windows 98(high color)
screen saver now displays correctly when stretched fullscreen, the menus
in MotoCross Madness now display properly, and other games and applications
that exhibited display anomalies should be improved by this fix.
3. Trees are now displayed properly in the Need for Speed 3 (Corvette) demo.
4. Intel IBASES 1.7 AGP Texturing Test no longer hangs on VIA MVP3 systems
when zooming in or out.
5. Fixed fog appearing too close to the player in Shogo and Motocross Madness.
6. Fixed flashing on Tomb Raider 2 option screens.
7. Icons in Gamespy toolbar are no longer corrupt.
8. Nokia monitor test now displays correctly at 1024x768x16bpp.
9. Intro videos on BattleZone and Microsoft Flight Simulator 98 are no longer
played compressed at the top of the screen.
Known Limitations
=================
1. Some polygon flashing still evident in certain D3D applications; i.e. 3DMark 99.
2. Pressing Alt-Tab multiple times while running Quake 2 or GLQuake may
cause a crash.
3. G-Police main menu may smear after returning from gameplay. To avoid this problem,
disable anti-aliasing in the G-Police graphics options screen.
4. Results in the Final Reality Bus Transfer tests are lower than other AGP cards.
This is due to the tiling scheme the Savage 3D chip employs when writing to the
frame buffer and is expected behavior.
5. Video on Flight Unlimited 2 opening screen is corrupt. This is due to an issue
with Active Movie.
6. In order to use 100Hz and 120Hz refresh rates in Windows 9x, you must install
Terminator BEAST BIOS version K3D or later. The latest BIOS may be downloaded
from http://www.hercules.com/support/drivers/term/tbeast/.
Hercules is on an aggressive schedule to provide solutions to known
limitations whenever possible. If you encounter a problem, please
contact us to ensure that you are using the latest software.
How To Contact Hercules
=======================
Here's how to contact Hercules:
Via Telephone
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Technical support: 800-323-0601 (toll-free in North America) or
510-623-6050
Toll-free fax-back service: 800-711-HERC
Sales hotline: 800-532-0600
Main number: 510-623-6030
In Germany: +49-89-8989-0228
Via Fax
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In the United States: 510-623-1112
In Germany: +49-89-8989-0585
Via the Internet
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World Wide Web: www.hercules.com
FTP: ftp.hercules.com
e-mail: support@hercules.com or
sales@hercules.com
CompuServe
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Forum: GO HERCULES
BBS
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In the United States: 510-623-7449
In Germany: +49-89-8989-0576 (analog)
+49-89-8989-0234 (ISDN)
Our mailing address
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US Office:
Hercules Computer Technology, Inc.
3839 Spinnaker Court
Fremont, CA 94538
German Office:
Hercules Computer Technology, Europe
Bussardstr. 5
D-82116 Graefelfing
Munich
Germany
Please see our Installation Guide for complete instructions on "How to
contact us", or click on "Reach Us" within Touch 95 or Hercules
Entertainment Center. We'll be happy to help you with any questions
or difficulties you may have.
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