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ReleaseNotes.txt Driver File Contents (Rendition_V2k_3_0b3a.zip)

*** Rendition V2x00 Reference Drivers - Release Notes ***

Version: 3.0 beta3, build 5112 - February 9th, 1999

Quick Summary:
      BETA Release. 
      This driver is Windows 98 native.
      Windows 95 compatible. 
      Multi-Mon supported.
      RRedline API supported.
      DirectX 6 supported.
      OpenGL ICD integrated. 
        (Remove old standalone ICD's)
      New MiniGL provided (see MiniGL directory)
      New control panel (under Win98 only)
      Many bug fixes and stability improvements.


RELEASE NOTES:

The Win9x February Beta drivers are a worthwhile install for most Rendition 
users. Many issues that have been communicated to us have been resolved. While 
these drivers are still BETA drivers and do contain bugs, they are a major 
improvement when compared to any of the previous BETA releases. This BETA 
release contains an "all new" Verite Control Panel. Use the new Control Panel 
with extreme caution. There are many new features that have yet to be fully  
tested and may cause undesirable behavior if used incorrectly. 

NOTE: The new control panel in this release only functions under Windows 98. The 
next release will support all the same functionality under Windows 95 as well.

Basic features and uses for the control panel:

_First and most important ---- USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!  Be sure that you 
completely uninstalled your current drivers before installing these. Ideally, 
you should be using the latest BIOS, performance and stability may be 
unpredictable if you are not. 

Note: Settings that are chosen on the Verite Control Panel do NOT go into effect 
until APPLY or OK is clicked and even then you may get a Message Box prompting 
you for a confirmation of the selected operation or configuration. Also, some 
settings will not be saved after reboot. (We are working on it).
***The one exception is the CRTC positioning controls. Those update real-time.

_Setting Refresh Rates: There is now more than one way to set the refresh rate. 
In the middle of the right hand side of the Verite Property sheet there is a 
Refresh Rate group of text boxes and radio buttons. The current refresh rate is 
displayed next to the label (Refresh Rate) of that group. You may choose 
Default, Optimal, from a list of Predefined refresh rates, or (drum roll, 
please) create your own using our newly implemented Custom Refresh Rate Control. 
(this has not been thoroughly tested but is known to basically work).

_Custom Refresh Rate Control: When one chooses the Custom radio button and 
clicks APPLY, whether or not a custom refresh rate has been entered, the CRTC 
box on the left hand side of the Control Panel will now contain "live" buttons 
that will allow adjustments to the position, height and width of your current 
display. One must be cautious when using these controls. They are for advanced 
users and should be approached with care. Also, these are very new to this 
driver set and have yet to be thoroughly tested. Use these controls at your own 
risk and only if you are confident that you will not harm your system in so 
doing.

_CRTC Position Controls: When you move the mouse cursor over the buttons in this 
control group, you should notice that where your cursor is pointing determines 
the function that can be executed and is displayed as a text string directly 
over the button when your cursor is pointing at it. When you have selected a 
button corresponding to the function you would like to exercise, hit the mouse 
button ONE CLICK at a time and watch the result before continuing. Make sure the 
setting is correct. 
*** You may notice a blanking of the screen when using these. This is to be 
expected right now. Just wait until your display returns before continuing.

_Enabling TV-Out: Only enable TV-Out if you are in 640x480x16bpp. This applies 
to any TV-Out implementation. To enable TV-Out, check the TV check box, choose 
NTSC or PAL, Underscan or Overscan, FlickerFilter(if needed), then click on 
APPLY at the bottom of the Property Sheet. Not all combinations of the above 
settings will function. Try the settings that you would like. If it does not 
work, let us know.  TV out support in this driver is in a rough beta form, and 
is much less stable than the rest of the driver.

_Bilinear Filtering and DirectDraw settings: Testing for these settings is in 
progress. Whether or not they function correctly has yet to be verified. 

Known Issues:

1) The BIOS is no longer the means by which the clock rate is determined or set. 
If your BIOS usually sets the clock rate to a rate higher than 55/111 then you 
should copy the provided VERITE.INI file to your Windows directory. If you are 
experiencing the "white dots," this should fix the problem.

2) The Verite Control Panel does NOT save settings upon reboot or restarting 
Windows for most settings. The Color control does.

3) The Control Panel will allow you to try enabling TV-Out in other modes 
besides 640x480x16bpp if you have a Chrontel encoder, however, they will not 
work. It will cause undesirable results. 

4) In TV-Out, depending on which BIOS you are using, going to a Fullscreen 
DosBox will not function correctly. The TV_out display will be garbled. However, 
you can Alt-Enter back to the Desktop.

5) In TV-Out, OpenGL games may cause a "flashing effect." 

6) The CRTC positioning controls are currently being tested. They may allow you 
to chose settings that are undesirable. 

7) In D3D, some rendering artifacts may appear. We are currently in the process 
of refining the D3D driver architecture. Some anomalies are to be expected. Your 
feedback regarding these issues is appreciated. Remember, please, these are BETA 
drivers.

8) We may still have rendering problems with F22-ADF an European Air War. We are 
working on it.

9) Depending on the video memory on board, fullscreen DVD playback will be 
limited accordingly. eg. on a 4MB board, you will not be able to play full 
screen DVD at 720x480 resolutions on a 1024x768x16 window system.

10) If the card is playing in TV-Out mode, then Win98 will display a 
Macrovision error if you attempt DVD playback. Therefore DVD playback is 
restricted to PC-Monitor mode only at this point.

11) Issues related to refresh rates lower than 60Hz in PAL TV-Out mode are 
currently being looked at.

Good news:

1) In D3D, visual artifacts with multi-pass rendering have been fixed. In other 
words, less garbage in Unreal and Half-Life, etc.

2) Rogue Squadron should look better.

3) Erroneous, horizontal lines should no longer appear.

4) No more locks related to faster systems.

5) Clock rate settings are no longer "locked."

6) Refresh rate support is enabled.

7) OpenGL Half-Life hang is fixed.

8) Full screen Dos Box hanging intermittently is fixed.

9) Sound stuttering should be completely fixed.

10) No more annoying prompt for a *.cat file during install.

Please let us know what you think of this driver release and what your 
experiences with it are, both good and bad.  Post into the Rendition discussion 
forums, found at:

	http://www.rendition.com/forums.html or at
	news://news.rendition.com/