I am using Voodoo5500 PCI on Windows20000 with Directx8.0.
I have tried to install drivers from www.3dfx.com, both original drivers (vs-w2k-1.04.00 and x3dfx_V5_Win2K_1.08.04) and 3dfx third party drivers (Omega, Jofsh and Boing), but none of these drivers work with Anarchy Online.
The one and only driver that I have found working with Anarchy Online is installed from the Microsoft Windows Update page (3Dfx Interactive Inc. - Display - version 01/07/2000,5.00.2195.0005). (Select Windows Update from your Start bar, and then press Product Update).
Since I already had installed a recent driver from www.3dfx.com and then ran Microsoft Update it would not let me install “3Dfx Interactive Inc. - Display - version 01/07/2000,5.00.2195.0005” – it told me that this driver was less appropriate than the one I already had installed.
How to fix this “problem”:
From the Display Properties in Control Panel make sure you uninstall your Voodoo5500 driver. Restart your PC. It will now start up in VGA mode. Delete all 3dfx*.dll, .sys and .inf files from your directories.
Open Device Manger (open System from Control Panel then select Hardware and then Device Manager), then select your Voodoo card from Display Adapters, then properties and Driver. Press Update Driver and select “Search for a suitable driver for my device”, then make sure that ONLY “Microsoft Windows Update” is selected. After Windows has completed the search select “Install one of the other driver” then press next. Then select the driver where you see the Location (just scroll to the right and you will find this colum) is from MicrosoftUpdate.
Restart your PC and it now work with Anarchy Online.
(If you have Directx8.1 and it does not work, try to uninstall. I used a program called “directx108-remover” located on www.3dfx.com Directx8.1. And then install “DX80NTeng.exe” from Microsoft.
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