neomagic magicmedia256AV

mbeeston · Feb 8, 2004, 10:58 PM

need some 3d drivers for it.. i does support 3d but there are practily no drivers to support it.. i'm wondering if any of yopu have seen an y =/

Matth · Feb 11, 2004, 04:41 PM

http://list.driverguide.com/matches....522&from_ums=1

Any use? - it mostly seems to be a notebook device

DyceFreak · Jun 24, 2004, 03:41 AM

yeah I think its a notebook thing... I remember having a NeoMagic MagicGraph in my old Compaq POS

Only place I could think of to get a driver would be driverguide. User login = Drivers/all last time I checked.

Geminiwave · Sep 13, 2004, 03:26 AM

hey can you actually play any games on those? (i know not doom3 or anything within the last 2 years or so. but older games...like maybe UT original?)

I am getting an old laptop with a NeoMagic MagicMedia 256ZX. the ZX is beefier than the AV version but i was wondering anyway.

Matth · Sep 13, 2004, 05:15 PM

The ZX still has no 3D hardware... that was added in the XL, according to an archived page.

So you can run games, but only those that will be satisfied with 100% software rendering.

Don't know about UT original - it should manage Doom original.

Wiredzero · Sep 13, 2004, 06:02 PM

Unreal Tournament has a Software rendering mode. (it blows...but it works.)

Geminiwave · Sep 13, 2004, 06:55 PM

Naw its gotta have 3d stuff. It shows support for all this OpenGL shit and Direct X. On this Driver webpage they even have 3rd party stuff to get directX 8 working.

tsauder · Sep 16, 2004, 07:23 PM

How do you know it supports 3D? I am having a hell of a time even finding specs for this! I have an IBM Thinkpad with this video card and I am desperate to find 3D drivers for it. You'd think the IBM site would have some drivers. Er, hmm, maybe I should go there (d'oh!)

tsauder · Sep 16, 2004, 07:40 PM

I think we are screwed, buddy. On the IBM site the only thing it would say was the card supported MPEG-1 video playback. I doubt this card is a "3D" in any real sense of the word. Sigh. Oh well, who needs good gaming resolution

Geminiwave · Sep 16, 2004, 08:20 PM

edit:

well someone on a different forum said he got 3d graphics to work with this
http://www.v3x.net/directx/

unfortunatly I have no idea how that would work since it looks like it requires openGL already...

i dunno

but he said thats what he did for his thinkpad with the 256AV its worth a shot i guess.

swimtech · Sep 18, 2004, 02:19 AM

Before I had the Dell laptop below, I had an IBM 600e with the NeoMagic256AV chip in it - ran UT just fine using software rendering... It looked good too as I remember. It'll probably run the original Serious Sam too, just won't look great - but the gameplay counts for a lot!

Just make sure you have Direct X installed or allow to be installed (if you don't have it installed already) when you install UT.

Geminiwave · Sep 18, 2004, 02:42 AM

huh and if a 600e could run it, my model can only run it better.

interesting.

Hey do yah think it'll run Counterstrike?

Die Dreaming · Sep 18, 2008, 12:43 PM

I was just wandering I have the same laptop ibm wiht neomagic 256 av without 3d accelerator, i've install directX - all types ,openGL's and some other crabs''' and sitll the computer isn't runing games like starwars racer ,darkstone -wich reQ 3d accelerator....

Can someone tell me -is there way to fix this or not???

Feb 8, 2004, 10:58 PM	#1
mbeeston HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: alberta, canada (thats north of the usa people) Posts: 1,037 Rep Power: 68 System Specs	neomagic magicmedia256AV need some 3d drivers for it.. i does support 3d but there are practily no drivers to support it.. i'm wondering if any of yopu have seen an y =/ __________________ R.I.P Roadee - you will be missed T_T peace,love, and war... 3 things people look for... "if your going off the deep end, show off, do a cannon ball!" - me

Sep 13, 2004, 03:26 AM	#4
Geminiwave I Have lovely Breasts Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In the closet... Posts: 5,395 Rep Power: 64	hey can you actually play any games on those? (i know not doom3 or anything within the last 2 years or so. but older games...like maybe UT original?) I am getting an old laptop with a NeoMagic MagicMedia 256ZX. the ZX is beefier than the AV version but i was wondering anyway. __________________

Sep 13, 2004, 06:02 PM	#6
Wiredzero HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: The other side of the screen. Posts: 156 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Unreal Tournament has a Software rendering mode. (it blows...but it works.) __________________

Sep 13, 2004, 06:55 PM	#7
Geminiwave I Have lovely Breasts Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In the closet... Posts: 5,395 Rep Power: 64	Naw its gotta have 3d stuff. It shows support for all this OpenGL shit and Direct X. On this Driver webpage they even have 3rd party stuff to get directX 8 working. __________________

Sep 16, 2004, 07:40 PM	#9
tsauder DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Screwed I think we are screwed, buddy. On the IBM site the only thing it would say was the card supported MPEG-1 video playback. I doubt this card is a "3D" in any real sense of the word. Sigh. Oh well, who needs good gaming resolution

Feb 11, 2004, 04:41 PM	#2
Matth Flash Banner Hater Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 3,426 Rep Power: 93 System Specs	http://list.driverguide.com/matches....522&from_ums=1 Any use? - it mostly seems to be a notebook device

Jun 24, 2004, 03:41 AM	#3
DyceFreak Whooshinator 2000 Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 50 Rep Power: 0	yeah I think its a notebook thing... I remember having a NeoMagic MagicGraph in my old Compaq POS Only place I could think of to get a driver would be driverguide. User login = Drivers/all last time I checked.

Sep 13, 2004, 05:15 PM	#5
Matth Flash Banner Hater Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 3,426 Rep Power: 93 System Specs	The ZX still has no 3D hardware... that was added in the XL, according to an archived page. So you can run games, but only those that will be satisfied with 100% software rendering. Don't know about UT original - it should manage Doom original.

Sep 16, 2004, 07:23 PM	#8
tsauder DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	How do you know it supports 3D? I am having a hell of a time even finding specs for this! I have an IBM Thinkpad with this video card and I am desperate to find 3D drivers for it. You'd think the IBM site would have some drivers. Er, hmm, maybe I should go there (d'oh!)

Sep 16, 2004, 08:20 PM	#10
Geminiwave I Have lovely Breasts Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In the closet... Posts: 5,395 Rep Power: 64	edit: well someone on a different forum said he got 3d graphics to work with this http://www.v3x.net/directx/ unfortunatly I have no idea how that would work since it looks like it requires openGL already... i dunno but he said thats what he did for his thinkpad with the 256AV its worth a shot i guess. __________________ Last edited by Geminiwave; Sep 16, 2004 at 08:26 PM.

Sep 18, 2004, 02:19 AM	#11
swimtech HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,040 Rep Power: 124 System Specs	Before I had the Dell laptop below, I had an IBM 600e with the NeoMagic256AV chip in it - ran UT just fine using software rendering... It looked good too as I remember. It'll probably run the original Serious Sam too, just won't look great - but the gameplay counts for a lot! Just make sure you have Direct X installed or allow to be installed (if you don't have it installed already) when you install UT. __________________ It's not so much getting your way that matters or not - what matters is how you go about getting it.

Sep 18, 2004, 02:42 AM	#12
Geminiwave I Have lovely Breasts Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In the closet... Posts: 5,395 Rep Power: 64	huh and if a 600e could run it, my model can only run it better. interesting. Hey do yah think it'll run Counterstrike? __________________

Sep 18, 2008, 12:43 PM	#13
Die Dreaming DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bulgaria Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	I was just wandering I have the same laptop ibm wiht neomagic 256 av without 3d accelerator, i've install directX - all types ,openGL's and some other crabs''' and sitll the computer isn't runing games like starwars racer ,darkstone -wich reQ 3d accelerator.... Can someone tell me -is there way to fix this or not???