Author: Johan Klockars (62.13.18.80)
Date: 07-09-2002 15:10
> I had no problem getting the card itself to work though it was rediculous unstable, I could just about run qed, cab and falcamp, that was it, pretty much everything else crashed.
You never thought it might be a good idea to contact the fVDI author (me, that is ;-) regarding your problems?
Most often, these kinds of problems come from using ancient versions of fVDI and its drivers (which, unfortunately, seemed to be what David was still including with the card when I last checked), or a bad configuration (the 'xbiosfix' and 'lineafix' options fix most problems I've heard of (assuming you are already running a reasonably recent version of fVDI and the RageII driver)).
It's been a very long time since I last had any program simply crash (or heard of one that did).
> I tried all videomodes though I have to say I didnt bother with 256 colours since I
That shouldn't matter and, if anything, 256 colour mode is more likely to cause trouble than 16 bit (simply because neither I nor most other Eclipse owners ever use it and it thus is not as well tested).
> needed 16bit or more anyway. (no point buying a graphicscard for a falcon if you cant get more than 256 colours)
Well, a 5-10 times or so speedup is not too bad either. ;-)
Of course, you'll get almost exactly the same speed in 16 bit mode, so why bother with 8 bit?
> I tried it on three of my falcons and I had the same problem on all of them so the card and/or the drivers are definately dodgy.
What version of the software did you use?
> Now I'm back using my novacard which runs pretty much everything non-videl you throw at it.
Which should be the case for the Eclipse/RageII as well, unless you are doing something wrong (or actually do have a bad card, but if it does not crash all the time, that is not likely).
> What a pile of crap...
I'd be very interested in hearing about the programs you were having trouble with. It would really surprise me if your problem isn't what I described above.
If there was indeed some other kind of problem, all the more reason to get in touch with me. I obviously can't do anything about things I don't know about.
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