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- | README file for
- |
- | ELSA Windows 98 OpenGL "3D Revelator" Stereo !Beta! Driver for
- |
- | the ERAZOR III series, ver 4.12.01.0106-0002
- |
- | Copyright (c) 1999 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
- |
- | 12/14/99, MWolf/MLiedtke
-
- Contents
-
- 1. Overview
- 2. Contents
- 3. Installation
- 4. History
- 5. Release Notes
- 6. Known Bugs and Operating Notes
-
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-
- 1. Overview
-
- This driverpackage contains the ELSA Display Driver for Microsoft
- Windows 98.
-
- The driver supports 256, 65536 and 16 Million colors in
- all resolutions available on used ELSA board.
-
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-
- 2. Contents
-
- This directory contains the following files:
-
- ELSAEZX.CAB ELSA property page "Driver Settings"
- ELSAEZ3.CAB display driver file for ERAZOR III
- ELSAEZ3.INF Installation file for driver and tools
- ELSAVPX.CAB WDM video driver (only uasable with Windows 98)
- GAMMACTL.CAB Property page "ColorControl"
- LIESMICH.TXT german version of README
- README.TXT the file you currently look at
- ST3SET.CAB Property page "ELSA Stereo" (optional)
- VERSION.TXT Version info about driver and tools
- WINMAN.CAB Property page "ELSA Settings"
- DRVTOOLS Folder containing extended Tools as ELSAinfo,
- WINman Suite, ELSA Videocontrol, VideoIO and
- ELSA 3D Revelator (VideoIO and ELSA 3D Revelator
- are only optional available, - depending on the
- used graphicsboard or 3D shutter glasses -
- hardware.)
-
- In case of trouble during or after installation, please make
- sure you have all the files mentioned above!
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-
- 3. Installation
-
- 3.1 Installing ELSA graphics board for Windows 98
-
- Remove your "old" VGA and put the ELSA graphics board into your
- computer.
-
- On startup Windows 98 detects the ELSA graphics board as
- "PCI early VGA Device" or a "PCI standard VGA adapter" and
- prompts for a manufacturer disk. Advanced users can now install
- as described in 3.3, Microsoft WHQL confirm way to install.
- If you prefer an easier way to install the driver or the driver
- is downloaded as selfextracting *.EXE file from the web you
- should first confirm Windows request to install a "PCI Standard
- VGA adapter". Later you can start the EXE or install by driver
- CD.
-
- 3.1 Installation from driver CD
-
- During a running Windows 98 session insert the driver CD
- into your CD-ROM. Normally after the CD is read, a setup is
- started and guides you through the 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. A resolution and color depth can be chosen now.
-
- 3.2 Installing downloaded driver packages
-
- Driver packages from the web are self-extracting EXE files.
- These files are temporary copied to e.g. c:\elsainst directory
- and an automatic driver setup is started. Tools are installed
- automatically, too. After finishing or canceling the setup, 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 ELSA 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.
-
- 3.4 Installation extension
-
- The drivers installation routine will additionally create the
- "ELSA Settings", "ELSA Driver Settings" property pages and
- installs an OpenGL ICD.
- The drivers setup included in self-extracting driver packages
- or the driver CD will install additional tools like "ELSA
- WINMANSuite" and "ELSAinfo". In case your graphics adapter
- is provided with video I/O capabilities, the setup will install
- the software components for these devices, too.
-
- In all following Windows sessions you can change the resolution
- without rebooting your system.
-
- 3.5 Installing the video capabilities (optional, depends on hardware)
-
- In the DRVTOOLS folder you will find three versions of *.inf
- files. At least one of these files has to be installed manually
- depending on the used hardware and/ or operating system.
-
- In this case please mark the recommended *.inf file, click the
- right mousekey and select "Install" at the context sensitive
- menue.
-
- After installing and restaring the system the advanced features
- will be installed and activatd for your system.
-
-
- - ELSATOOL.INF please install this version for Win95/98 for
- hardware without having video capabilities.
-
- - VIDEOIO.INF only usable for hardware with video In/Out
- capabilities.
-
- - EVIDCTRL.INF ELSA-VideoControl, - only for Win98 and ERAZOR III
- with video. (WDM-driver necessary!)
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-
- 4. Revision History
-
- This section describes changes to the previous releases of this
- disk.
-
- Version 4.11.01.0100-0009
- - first released version
-
- Version 4.11.01.0100-0010
- - added some video features
- - new WINman version implemented
-
- Version 4.11.01.0100-0012
- - added some video features
- - new video/IO version implemented
-
- Version 4.11.01.0200-0022
- - based on NVidia v. 208
-
- Version 4.11.01.0200-0026
- - added support for ERAZOR III LT
- - based on NVidia v. 208
-
- Version 4.11.01.0200-0029
- - support ERAZOR III Pro
- - ELSA VideoControl extensions
- - Performancetool under "3D Settings" fuer LT und Pro
- - some new modules
- - bugfix powermanagement
-
- Version 4.12.01.0104-0023
- - DirectX7 support added
- - newer modules implemented
- - some Video I/O Bugs fixed
- - newer version of ELSA VideControl added
- (Starttime before Endtime-Bug fixed)
-
- Version 4.12.01.0106-0002
- - first !Beta! - version with OpenGL (Revelator) stereo support
-
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- 5. Release notes
-
- 5.1 DirectDraw/Direct3D support
-
-
- The display driver supports 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 98.
-
- To install DirectDraw/Direct3D use your driver CD or download
- this operating system extension from the Microsoft webside.
-
-
-
- 5.2 AGP support under Windows 98
-
-
- 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, 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.
-
- 5.3 Free defineable refreshrates (monitor timings)
-
- It is necessary to install and use the specified INF - file
- delivered with your monitor. For information about to install
- please look above or use the windows documentation.
-
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- 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 this hint won┤t help you please try this workaround:
-
- Start -> Settings -> Control Panel ->Multimedia choose the
- "Audio" tab than select the "Playback" section`s "Advanced
- Properties". A new settings page named "Advanced Audio
- Properties" appears. At this page you have to choose the
- "Performance" tab and reduce its performance using the
- "Hardware acceleration" slider.
-
- - if using the "no wait for vsync" option under "ELSA Driver
- Settings" 3D Revelator stereo support won┤t work.
-
- - 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.
-
- - Task switching while 3D applications are active leads to
- corruption of textures in some cases
-
- - OpenGL screen savers oftenly crashes if an additional suspend
- mode 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
- crashes in Windows 98
-
- - For best display quality, in the "ELSA Driver 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
-
- - With this BETA driver package pre - release you can play
- proprietary OpenGL games with stereo 3D support. At this moment
- we have implemented the OpenGL stereo support especially for
- games which doesn`t have any D3D support such as a known
- first person shooters like Q2 & Q3. Games with D3D AND(!) OpenGL
- support should be played with the D3D stereo support,
-
- - completeley implemented and released in this version of the
- driver package.
-
- - The "InGame Control" - settings panel, known from the D3D part
- of the 3D Revelator software, isn┤t visible within OpenGL games
- by now with this BETA-version of the driver. To adjust this
- settings you have to switch on this unvisible "InGame Control"
- panel by hitting the X-key on your NUMPAD. While viewing the
- screen with your shutter glasses it is now possible to optimize
- the stereo effect for your eyes by using the function keys
- 1-12. Function key 10 saves the actually, optimized game
- settings.
-
- Note!
-
- - Please do not forget to switch off the "InGame Control" panel
- after adjusting the stereo effects to get back the full
- performance for playing the game.
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