Turbo GL With a PIII and G400????

[Michael Kearey]

I have a G400 Max, and a PIII Intel CPU on a Asus P2B mobo.

There is *NO* turbo gl present anywhere in the Powerdesk .

I have read numerous posts regarding Turbo GL, Unreal and PIII, but I cannot
find any details ie what Web Site has the info about Turbo GL. It doesnot
appear to be at the Matrox Site.

Please , anyone, could you enlighten/explain it to me? All about Turbo GL,
and where the info is, what it does and why.
Thanks,
Michael

[Guido Hornig]

There is an application in the 5.30.007 Driver.
It looks like some GL-stuff.
And it asks for a PIII CPU. I have a CELERON 466 and it doesn't install.
by the way, some GL using applikation get confused with the "normal" GL on the
G400.
(In Materialise Navigator ( www.materialise.be) in GL mode: Klick here on
geometry, but it thinks you klicked somewhere else)

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[Futurama]

When you install 5.30 drivers there is an option to install turbogl drivers.
If you dont tick the box, you dont install it!

I think the option is only given if the program detects a amd k7 or p3 cpu!

I have p3 and installed turbo gl, however I dont use any game which supports
it.

Guido Hornig <g...@tecoplan.de> wrote in message
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[Cris]

What Driver version are you using? Turbo GL is installed with PowerDesk 5.30
and higher and there are no indications of Turbo GL exept that on the
reboot, it will search the different directories to install *(OpenGL32.dll)
in to compatible games like Quake2 and Quake 3.

CJ

Michael Kearey <mu...@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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[Michael Kearey]

Cris <C...@Hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> What Driver version are you using? Turbo GL is installed with PowerDesk
5.30
> and higher and there are no indications of Turbo GL exept that on the
> reboot, it will search the different directories to install
*(OpenGL32.dll)
> in to compatible games like Quake2 and Quake 3.
>
> CJ

I have the latest drivers 5.30.007 and latest bios etc.

What you are saying must be right. A lot of posts are saying that you are
given an option to instal turbo gl when you instal the driver update, but
that never happened for me.

Another thing, don't you think it is odd that the Video card driver
installation process detects the games and then configures the game drivers?
What if you install the game after the drivers, which is usually what
happens ie you install op system, all drivers for devices, then you install
apllications like a game.

Anyway, have Unreal 225f patch on my machine. It is supposed to run in open
gl but it does not, only software or d3d modes.
It would be nice if Matrox had some better documentation on the G400,
instead of learning about things on Newsgroups.

Michael

[Futurama]

You can run turbo gl whenever you choose. Just activate it from the
powerdesk.

Only 3 games are compatible - Quake 2, Quake 3, Unreal

Hardly worth stressing!

Michael Kearey <mu...@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message

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[Telcontar]

Right click on the Icon in the task tray.

Is there a line in the pop up that says TurboGl manager? If not, you
are not running a PIII.

Michael Kearey wrote:
>
>
> But what I am saying is *THERE IS NO TURBOGL * anywhere in the power desk I
> am running. You say "Just enable it in the powerdesk". But WHERE??
>
> I have Unreal, Quake II and III(Demo) now. And there is no option for any
> turbo gl anywhere in my system or powerdesk, after re installing the
> drivers.
>
> Please, tell me where in the powerdesk it is!!
>
> Thanks,
> Michael
>
> ps The only stress for me is that people say the powerdesk has a turbogl
> option, but mine doesn't.

[Michael Kearey]

Futurama <ema...@esatclear.ie> wrote in message
news:81vtrk$rts$1...@fraggle.esatclear.ie...

> You can run turbo gl whenever you choose. Just activate it from the
> powerdesk.
>
> Only 3 games are compatible - Quake 2, Quake 3, Unreal
>
> Hardly worth stressing!

[Michael Kearey]

The final answer to the mystery....

I do have a PIII, it is currently installed, and my bios detects it as a
PIII.

But the Turbo GL facility appears to be only available for Windows 98, and
not for 95 users.

I am running Windows 95. Thus the answer to the mystery. Will I upgrade??
Looks like I finally have a reason to.

Thanks to all that replied with their thoughts.

I still would like Matrox to improve the documentation of the products.
Where is the Information about TurboGL on their site? Where does it say in
the help files and readme files that win 98 is needed for TurboGL?? Has
anybody tried the online Tech Wizard? It seems the only problems Matrox is
aware of with the G400 MAX and Win 95 is related to either Expendable ,
Aliens Vers Predator games or a blank screen.
If anyone knows a better place where information on the G400 MAX is, please
point me to it.

Michael