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Well I apologize because I don't have any answers for you, but rest assured
that there is no incompatability problem between gpl and the thriller. GPL,
as all papy sims are, was written for the rendition chip in the thriller.
Additionally many people have been running gpl and thriller combo's for
months with a variety of drivers etc. I would look elsewhere for the source
of your problem. E:mail all companies tech depts and keep posting, someone
will solve it for you. Try a post at the Apex, it's the longest running gpl
forum.
JM

Kim Wallen wrote:

> I am running a 266Mhz AMD-K6 with 64MB Ram and a Hercules Thriller and a
> Monster 3D Voodoo 2 board.  GPL in 3Dfx has the texture blackouts, but
> looks beautiful in Rendition mode.  The only problem is that it locks up
> in Rendition mode.  Initially it seemed that it was only brought on by
> replays, but now I can't even get very far out of the pits without it
> locking up.  I haven't seen this discussed on this news group.
>
> BTW I have flashed the Thriller Bios to the latest upgrade (141) and
> loaded the newest Rendition drivers.
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  My 15yr old son wanted
> this the most of any computer game and thinks the old cars are really
> neat, but it extremely frustrated that it will only run either in pretty
> bad 3DFX or completely unacceptable software rendering.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kim



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Well I apologize because I don't have any answers for you, but rest assured
that there is no incompatability problem between gpl and the thriller.
GPL, as all papy sims are, was written for the rendition chip in the thriller.
Additionally many people have been running gpl and thriller combo's for
months with a variety of drivers etc. I would look elsewhere for the source
of your problem. E:mail all companies tech depts and keep posting, someone
will solve it for you. Try a post at <A HREF="http://gpl.gamestats.com/">the
Apex</A>, it's the longest running gpl forum.
<BR>JM

<P>Kim Wallen wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>I am running a 266Mhz AMD-K6 with 64MB Ram and a
Hercules Thriller and a
<BR>Monster 3D Voodoo 2 board.&nbsp; GPL in 3Dfx has the texture blackouts,
but
<BR>looks beautiful in Rendition mode.&nbsp; The only problem is that it
locks up
<BR>in Rendition mode.&nbsp; Initially it seemed that it was only brought
on by
<BR>replays, but now I can't even get very far out of the pits without
it
<BR>locking up.&nbsp; I haven't seen this discussed on this news group.

<P>BTW I have flashed the Thriller Bios to the latest upgrade (141) and
<BR>loaded the newest Rendition drivers.

<P>Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.&nbsp; My 15yr old son
wanted
<BR>this the most of any computer game and thinks the old cars are really
<BR>neat, but it extremely frustrated that it will only run either in pretty
<BR>bad 3DFX or completely unacceptable software rendering.

<P>Thanks,

<P>Kim</BLOCKQUOTE>
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