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  Troubleshooting
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* I'm getting kicked to the desktop while playing games...  this tends to happen after a
  while of playing, but can happen at any time...  anything I can do?

- RIGHT CLICK on "My Computer." Click Properties.
  Click PERFORMANCE, then GRAPHICS. Drop that slider one notch. It'll ask you if you want
  to reboot, say no.

- Also, in some cases where "DirectSound" is used, you can boost stability if you:
  Click START, then RUN. Type: dxdiag

- and press enter. Go to the tab labled "SOUND." There's another acceleration slider. Lower
  that one notch, as well.

- Don't worry, this all doesn't reduce sound quality, or slow down games - but it should
  boost the stability!

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* My monitor won't go to it's highest resolutions / bit depth, what's the deal with that?

- Change your monitor selection on the display properties page by following the 
  following these instructions:

- Right click an empty spot on the desktop and click PROPERTIES.
  Click SETTINGS, then ADVANCED, then click the MONITOR tab.
  Now Install the driver for your exact monitor...  these can usually be found on a disk
  included with the monitor, on the manufacturer's website, or just check
  http://www.driverguide.com .

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* Direct3D Applications freeze a lot, as soon as I try to move / D3D graphics look like alpha
  HSR is in use (tons of graphical glitches).

- DISABLE D3D's "Geometry Assist" and reboot.

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* Direct3D Applications crash when I try to run them at a 32bpp color depth. Why?

- Make sure "Rendering Color-Depth" for Direct 3D is set to "Software Controlled".

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* My Frames-per second average with your drivers have gone to poop / and / or my games
  experience this horrible 'tearing' effect... forget this! I'm going back to the
  WHQL 1.04.00.

- Actually, before you jump ship, check your Vsync settings for both Direct3D and OpenGL/Glide.
  If your experiencing the above problems, you most likely want to switch these to "Enabled"

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* My Glide Applications freeze up or display a currupted screen whenever I try to change
  resolution... why?

- This is a bug with the Shameless Plug. If you need to change resolutions, you'll first
  need to temporarily Disable Shameless plug, change resolutions, then re-enable it.

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* Quake 3 Arena, menus missing, game freezes, and / or game plays like classic id game DOOM when
  you're stuck in a will after using idspispopd (somone's got to have appreciation for me
  remembering that!  ).

- Make sure "Z-Culling Far" is set to no more than 1% Culling, or temporarily Disable Z-Culling.

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* Unreal Tournament is displaying strange artifacts...

- Set "Z-Culling Far" to 15% to cut glitches back, 1% to remove nearly all graphical errors.

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* Your drivers suck.  Period.

- Well, we're glad you enjoyed your stay with us, and since nobody's forcing you to use them \
  get over it.  ;-)

- Rather than getting THAT kind of response to our drivers from YOU, we'd hope you would give
  us constructive criticism and help us make future drivers better - we can't do it without
  you!

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x3dfx Community Development team

