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Stealth 3D
4000 Troubleshooting
Windows 95
1.1: What 3D API's will be
supported by the Stealth 3D 4000?
1.2: User receives a Windows
Protection Error in "IFSMGR" when starting
Windows 95.
1.3: Can the Microsoft PowerToy
"QuickRes" be used with the Stealth 3D 4000?
DOS
2.1: Does the Stealth 3D 4000
support VESA 2.0 extensions?
2.2: How does the Stealth 3D 4000 DOS
performance compare to other cards?
Windows 3.1
3.1: User cannot find the Windows
3.1x driver for the Stealth 3D 4000.
Bundled Applications
4.1: Does Diamond's popular
InControl Tools software come with the Stealth 3D 4000?
Hardware
5.1: What kind of graphics/video
chip/processor is used on the Stealth 3D 4000?
5.2: Are TV tuner or video capture
options planned or available for the Stealth 3D 4000?
5.3: Is Stealth 3D 4000 expandable to
8MB?
Operating systems
6.1: Do you have Linux drivers for
the Stealth 3D 4000?
Fast Track to Technical Support
Table of Contents
| 1.1: What 3D API's
will be supported by the Stealth 3D 4000? |
| The Stealth 3D 4000 supports and accelerates
Microsoft's DirectX 5 which includes Direct3D.
Also, the Stealth 3D 4000 accelerates OpenGL
under the Windows NT 4.0 platform. |
| 1.2: User receives a
Windows Protection Error in "IFSMGR"
when starting Windows 95. |
| Check to see if the user has a compressed
hard drive, this seems to be the common factor
with this issue. Currently, it is recommended to
use uncompressed hard drives. |
| 1.3: Can the
Microsoft PowerToy "QuickRes" be used
with the Stealth 3D 4000? |
| Yes, QuickRes will allow for resolution and
color depth switching on the fly with the Stealth
3D 4000. However, in testing there has been a
color palette shifting phenomena observed when
switching color depths. This will remain as an
open limitation since QuickRes, as are all the MS
PowerToys, considered unsupported applications. |
| 2.1: Does the
Stealth 3D 4000 support VESA 2.0 extensions? |
| Yes, the Stealth 3D 4000 supports VESA 2.0
from within the EPROM on the Stealth card. |
| 2.2: How does the
Stealth 3D 4000's DOS performance compare to
other cards? |
| The DOS performance of the Stealth 3D 4000 is
extremely good. It can outperform an S3 Vision
968 based board in PCBench 9.0 scores. The S3
Vision 968 is a fairly common chipset that ranks
as one of the faster DOS performers on the
market. |
| 3.1: User cannot
find the Windows 3.1x driver for the Stealth 3D
4000. |
| Drivers for Windows 3.1x are not planned for
the Stealth 3D 4000. |
| 4.1: Does Diamond's
popular InControl Tools software come with the
Stealth 3D 4000? |
| Yes, Diamond's InControl Tools 95
productivity software for Windows 95 comes with
the Stealth 3D 4000 card. The InControl Tools
software will be automatically installed when you
perform a STANDARD installation of the Windows 95
drivers. |
| 5.1: What kind of
graphics/video chip/processor is used on the
Stealth 3D 4000? |
| The Stealth 3D 4000 uses the S3 ViRGE/GX2
chipset. |
| 5.2: Are TV tuner or
video capture options planned or available for
the Stealth 3D 4000? |
| Yes, the DTV 2000 from Diamond works with the
Stealth 3D 4000. This PCI based card has a TV
tuner and will capture video from a camcorder or
VHS as well. If you would like more information
or would like to purchase this product, please
contact Diamond's customer service department. |
| 5.3: Are the current
retail and OEM Stealth 3D 4000's expandable to
8MB? |
| The Stealth 3D 4000 is either a 2MB (fixed)
or 4MB (fixed) card and is not expandable to 8MB.
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| 6.1: Do you have
Linux drivers for the Stealth 3D 4000? |
| No, Diamond does not develop support for
Linux and similar UNIX type operating
environments. We do provide the programming
information necessary for the developers of these
operating systems to incorporate driver support.
Since the S3 GX2 chipset is fairly new, it may be
sometime before this support is developed. It
would be best to check with the authors of the
individual environments to see when their next
release will support S3 GX2-based boards. |
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