Voodoo 3 2000??

[sisao]

i've got that card and i'm having a lot of problems with the video emulation. I've installed the 3rd party drivers by God, replacing the XP native (i've got winxp). I've checked almost everything in the Pete's D3D plugin but the emulation still having problems, it's got interruptions of half a second or shorter but the video quality seems to be good anyway. Lewpy plugin for the 3dfx cards doesn't work, D3D for DX6 also.
May it be the sound card?? I've also tried to disable it completely but it's the same story.
I've only got 2 games to prove: Test Drive 2 and Dino Crisis 2.

AMD 1.4 @ 266 / 256 MB DDR

[Zephon]

Lewpy's Glide plugin is the best one for Voodoo cards, and you really should try to use it. Give us more information so we can help you better(specs, plugins, bios). Also post your Lewpy's plugin config(use the "copy info" function).

Maybe your drivers are giving you these problems, so maybe you could try another set of drivers, from another developer.

[sisao]

I've also tried to use the XP native drivers...but it's the same and i've read a lot of good comments for God's drivers.
By the way these are my settings for Lewpy's (i'd like you to remember that the emulation doesn't work with this plugin):

Lewpy's Glide³ Plugin Configuration Information v1.35
-----------------------------------------------------

Computer Information
OS : Microsoft Windows XP Professional (v5.1 Build 2600)
DirectX : DirectX 8.1 installed
Processor : AMD AMD Athlon(TM)Processor, 1410Mhz (1 off) (00/0644)
64kb L1-I, 64kb L1-D, 256kb L2 (on-chip)
Memory : 256Mb

Core Emulator
ePSXe : C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\FRANCESCO\DESKTOP\EMULATORI & GIOCHI\EPSXE\EPSXE.EXE
: 05/12/2001 12:44, 153088 bytes

*------*----------------------*---------*------------------*
| Type | Name | Version | Date |
*------*----------------------*---------*------------------*
| BIOS | scph1001.bin | | 05/12/2001 12:51 |
| CDR | cdrPeteAspi.dll | 1.7 | 05/12/2001 12:51 |
| GPU | gpuPeteD3D.dll | 1.55 | 02/12/2001 07:07 |
| SPU | spuNull2Mixer.dll | 1.3 | 05/12/2001 12:51 |
*------*----------------------*---------*------------------*

*-----------------------------*---------------------*
| ePSXe Configuration Item | Current Setting |
*-----------------------------*---------------------*
| Sound Enabled | Yes |
| CDDA Enabled | No |
| XA Enabled | No |
| XA Read Enabled | No |
| SPU IRQ Hack | No |
| CDROM Drive Letter | First Available |
| CDROM Accurate Timing | No |
| Disable CDROM Status | No |
| Disable CDROM RT Status | No |
| MDEC Enabled | No |
| MDEC Timing Enabled | No |
| SIO IRQ Always Enabled | No |
| Country | AutoDetect |
*-----------------------------*---------------------*

Glide³
Board : Voodoo3 (tm)
Version : 3.10.00.0674
File : C:\WINDOWS\System32\glide3x.dll
: 22/10/2001 01:34, 348160 bytes

*-----------------------------*---------------------*
| Plugin Configuration Item | Current Setting |
*-----------------------------*---------------------*
| Active Configuration | 1 |
| Active 3dfx Card | 1 |
| Enable HotKeys | No |
| Resolution | 800x600 |
| Refresh Rate | 60Hz |
| Emulate MASK Bit | No |
| Dynamic Texture Caching | Yes |
| Custom FrameCap | 60Hz |
| On-Screen Display | Off |
| Frame Skip | Disabled |
| FrameRate Limit | Auto |
| System Type | PAL |
| FrameCap Method | New |
| Draw Method | Bright |
| Alpha Blending Mode | Advanced |
| Bilinear Filtering | Disabled |
| Alpha Testing | Normal |
| FrameBuffer Access | Write |
| Off-Screen Drawing | Basic |
| Polygon Mode | Textured |
| Texture Windows | Enabled |
| VSync | Enabled |
| Banshee Code | Enabled |
| MDEC Format | Texture |
| Experimental Flipping | Off |
| Experimental Screen Sizing | Off |
| FrontBuffer Rendering Fix | Off |
| FF7 TextureWindow Fix | Off |
| DMAChain Fix | Long |
*-----------------------------*---------------------*

[sisao]

i've just changed my voodoo 3 2000 driver replacing the old one with a new one by Xpentor (3rd party)....now i've got Lewpy plugin working but i've still got the same problems....i've notice it blocks the emulation everytime my CDrom is reading (i've got a 40x philips).
These are my working settings for Lewpy plugin:

Lewpy's Glide³ Plugin Configuration Information v1.35
-----------------------------------------------------

Computer Information
OS : Microsoft Windows XP Professional (v5.1 Build 2600)
DirectX : DirectX 8.1 installed
Processor : AMD AMD Athlon(TM)Processor, 1410Mhz (1 off) (00/0644)
64kb L1-I, 64kb L1-D, 256kb L2 (on-chip)
Memory : 256Mb

Core Emulator
ePSXe : C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\FRANCESCO\DESKTOP\EMULATORI & GIOCHI\EPSXE\EPSXE.EXE
: 05/12/2001 12:44, 153088 bytes

*------*----------------------*---------*------------------*
| Type | Name | Version | Date |
*------*----------------------*---------*------------------*
| BIOS | scph1001.bin | | 05/12/2001 12:51 |
| CDR | cdrPeteAspi.dll | 1.7 | 05/12/2001 12:51 |
| GPU | gpuLewGlide.dll | 1.35 | 01/08/2001 20:05 |
| SPU | spuNull2Mixer.dll | 1.3 | 05/12/2001 12:51 |
*------*----------------------*---------*------------------*

*-----------------------------*---------------------*
| ePSXe Configuration Item | Current Setting |
*-----------------------------*---------------------*
| Sound Enabled | No |
| CDDA Enabled | No |
| XA Enabled | No |
| XA Read Enabled | No |
| SPU IRQ Hack | No |
| CDROM Drive Letter | First Available |
| CDROM Accurate Timing | No |
| Disable CDROM Status | No |
| Disable CDROM RT Status | No |
| MDEC Enabled | No |
| MDEC Timing Enabled | No |
| SIO IRQ Always Enabled | No |
| Country | AutoDetect |
*-----------------------------*---------------------*

Glide³
Board : Voodoo3 (tm)
Version : 3.10.00.0674
File : C:\WINDOWS\System32\glide3x.dll
: 22/10/2001 01:34, 348160 bytes

*-----------------------------*---------------------*
| Plugin Configuration Item | Current Setting |
*-----------------------------*---------------------*
| Active Configuration | 1 |
| Active 3dfx Card | 1 |
| Enable HotKeys | No |
| Resolution | 800x600 |
| Refresh Rate | 60Hz |
| Emulate MASK Bit | Yes |
| Dynamic Texture Caching | Yes |
| Custom FrameCap | 60Hz |
| On-Screen Display | Off |
| Frame Skip | Disabled |
| FrameRate Limit | Auto |
| System Type | PAL |
| FrameCap Method | New |
| Draw Method | Bright |
| Alpha Blending Mode | Advanced |
| Bilinear Filtering | Enabled w/o Sprites |
| Alpha Testing | Normal |
| FrameBuffer Access | Write |
| Off-Screen Drawing | Basic |
| Polygon Mode | Textured |
| Texture Windows | Enabled |
| VSync | Enabled |
| Banshee Code | Enabled |
| MDEC Format | Texture |
| Experimental Flipping | Off |
| Experimental Screen Sizing | Off |
| FrontBuffer Rendering Fix | Off |
| FF7 TextureWindow Fix | Off |
| DMAChain Fix | Long |
*-----------------------------*---------------------*

[Zephon]

You could try the Internal cdr plugin, or make an ISO. If the problem persists with the ISO, then the problem is not your cd drive.