04-24-2006, 12:51 PM
Well my second video card died in much the same way as the first yesterday. I used to have an SLI setup with two Geforce 6600GTs. One day my computer hard crashed and when it booted back up all 3D programs were horrifically distorted to the point where they were unusable. Same thing just happened to the second one yesterday. The exact same thing. I'm not sure exactly what that means for the project. I can't work on anything really. I could do scripts but I wouldn't be able to test them.
I'm not going to be able to buy another card for a while, a few months atleast, maybe even more. The problem obviously isn't the cards, it's something else on the motherboard, so I may just have to overhaul the entire thing. All I can do is use 2D applications that don't require acceleration, or 3D applications that offer a "software emulation" mode. So I think the most modern thing I can play are Half Life 1 mods.
Luckily what work we have done so far hasn't required me too much, aside from organization. The heightmap editor has given the Valenwood team the knowledge they need to make their own heightmaps and apparently they're going to meet in the middle somewhere. Just giving you guys a heads up.
I'm not going to be able to buy another card for a while, a few months atleast, maybe even more. The problem obviously isn't the cards, it's something else on the motherboard, so I may just have to overhaul the entire thing. All I can do is use 2D applications that don't require acceleration, or 3D applications that offer a "software emulation" mode. So I think the most modern thing I can play are Half Life 1 mods.
Luckily what work we have done so far hasn't required me too much, aside from organization. The heightmap editor has given the Valenwood team the knowledge they need to make their own heightmaps and apparently they're going to meet in the middle somewhere. Just giving you guys a heads up.
