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by **Meij** » Wed, 25 Aug 1999 04:00:00

That is the way to do it... my initial point was that supporting Rendition
natively in new games is a waste of time because the card is a dead
standard and that rather than insisting on rendition support people would
be better off grabbing a Voodoo 2 or TNT to help them run 3D games.

M

by **Zonk** » Wed, 25 Aug 1999 04:00:00

>That is the way to do it... my initial point was that supporting Rendition
>natively in new games is a waste of time because the card is a dead
>standard and that rather than insisting on rendition support people would
>be better off grabbing a Voodoo 2 or TNT to help them run 3D games.

>M

I'd go as far to say that Glide has joined RRedline as a defunct standard, and
that OpenGl or D3D are the only path's to support.

Sure, i'll hang on to a V2 for running some old stuff i have, occasionally,
but to support Glide or any other "native" card support is simply out of date.

Z.

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by **Meij** » Wed, 25 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Glide isn't dead yet... there are still games being released using it but
the numbers are decreasing. However Voodoo/Voodoo 2 will still give you
reasonable D3D/OpenGL performance so there's a reason to buy them,
something you can't really say for Rendition.

M

by **Zonk** » Wed, 25 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Name one, significant game today with only Glide support in the box.

:)

Sure GPL, but look how it's sales faired....

Z.

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by **Chris Schlette** » Wed, 25 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Don't start that again.

by **Thom j** » Wed, 25 Aug 1999 04:00:00

"O" ok Meiji; I see your point & makes sense to me but it will be
hard for me to let go of a Rendition chipped card until some sim
comes out to match the Rendition version of ICR2.
I'd also love to have it updated using Gpl's engine!! So then my
Rendition chipped Herc would come out of my PC in a "flash!"
Sadly nothing has come close {imho} The Graphics for a DOS
sim/game in ICR2 were way ahead of their time & still are!;O)
Please do not miss-understand; I know the newer video cards
coming out are better & faster. I just wish I had software for a
good F1 or Cart to use it with! {And No I dont like any of the
new F1 or OW type sim out now! Not 1! Sorry this is MO!}
Cheers Thom_j.

> That is the way to do it... my initial point was that supporting Rendition
> natively in new games is a waste of time because the card is a dead
> standard and that rather than insisting on rendition support people would
> be better off grabbing a Voodoo 2 or TNT to help them run 3D games.

> M

> >Well Both David & Meiji I have a little "fyi" & put my 2 pennies in..
> >Maybe the Rendition chip is becoming somewhat outdated but I use
> >a Herc Thriller V2 & Two Voodoo2s in SLI & no sim or game has
> >stopped my video cards in their tracks yet!! So I believe right now
> >you are "putting the Cart {no pun intended} in front of the horse!"
> >Also Herc will have a V4400 out real soon!
> >Final note; I use my Herc Thriller for my rendition versions
> >of ICR2 and many other sims/games with no problems yet!
> >All constructive comments welcome! Destructive flames go
> >to rec.sesame.street.junk ;O)
> >Cheers Thom_j.

by **Mr. Blac** » Wed, 25 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Name one, significant game today with only Rendition support in the box.

JB

by **Steve Blankenshi** » Wed, 25 Aug 1999 04:00:00

> Also Herc will have a V4400 out real soon!

Uhhh, you might want to peek a bit further down in this NG, down to the
thread about "Herc" having gone belly-up, or maybe check out:

http://www.racesimcentral.net/

Sorry to be the (ump***th) bearer of bad tidings......

Condolences,

Steve B.

by **Meij** » Thu, 26 Aug 1999 04:00:00

I wasn't talking about Glide only but games with glide native support. If
*you* can tell me a recent game with Rendition support native direct from
the box I will be surprised.

My comments were that people would be better off forgetting about native
rendition support, getting a cheap 3dfx card and using that for glide, d3d
and opengl instead.

M

by **Mark Stah** » Thu, 26 Aug 1999 04:00:00

ha! i don't think so, thom....hercules is out of business. gone. kaput....
you may be waiting a looooong time for that new V4400!

you are "putting the Cart {no pun intended} in front of the horse!"
Also Herc will have a V4400 out real soon!

by **Stuart Becktel** » Thu, 26 Aug 1999 04:00:00

NASCAR 2

> Name one, significant game today with only Rendition support in the box.

> JB

> > >Glide isn't dead yet... there are still games being released using it
but
> > >the numbers are decreasing. However Voodoo/Voodoo 2 will still give you
> > >reasonable D3D/OpenGL performance so there's a reason to buy them,
> > >something you can't really say for Rendition.

> > >M

> > Name one, significant game today with only Glide support in the box.

> > :)

> > Sure GPL, but look how it's sales faired....

> > Z.

> > Please remove NOSPAM from my email address when replying.

by **Meij** » Fri, 27 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Please pay attention... NASCAR 2 was released around Xmas 96, hardly recent
is it?

M

by **David Mast** » Fri, 27 Aug 1999 04:00:00

>Please pay attention... NASCAR 2 was released around Xmas 96, hardly recent
>is it?

Compared to the rendition chipset, it is :-)

by **asgeir nes?e** » Fri, 27 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Hey, I am one of those three or four Rendition users!!!!

Wow! How lucky can you get?

;-)

---A---

> Man... that's so true because those 3 or 4 Rendition users out there will
> be major league pissed if their shitty cards aren't supported.

> M

> ft1.aol.com>:

> <CUT>

> >native RENDITION support***

by **Meij** » Fri, 27 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Bonus... I bet you have a betamax VCR and a Sinclair C5 too

M

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