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> I don't have any money to buy a Voodoo so I was wondering if my STB (with
> openGL support) will be able to run GPL.
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Don Chapman
>Thanks.
3DFX is a company. The graphic API used on their cards is GLide.
It works on the Voodoo RUSH
>Then I guess you don't drive 3D accelerated Nascar2, Indycar2, or GPL.
>Come to think of it, what DO you drive, in OpenGL?
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SOFTWARE you
intend to run on it, not vice versa.
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Is that just the demo or the actual game????
Because if this game, which has been all anyone on this forum has talked
about for the past 3-6 months only runs under Glide, and Papyrus's own
Rendition ***then that does it! I'll never purchase another one of their
products again!
I hope however that I'll be able to eat these words!
>Now they are missing the boat with all the excellent D3D accelerators out
>there (G200, TNT, S3, etc..) by only coding to Rendition or GLide. In
>some instances GLide only (Red Baron II 3D).
>> Is that just the demo or the actual game????
>Actual game
>> and Papyrus's own Rendition ***then that does it!
>Um, Papyrus has -NOTHING- to do with the Rendition technology. Rendition
>is a 3D chip company (like 3DFX). They make the V1000 (so so) and the
>V2100/V2200 series (quite respectable). Papyrus just writes games that
>natively support their hardware.
Two things here. One, only 3dfx and Rendition have native support. Most
games I've seen that support Glide run 30% faster than in D3D, and can often
do things that D3D can't do. To do exactly what Papyrus wanted to do, they
may have very well needed to do it natively. And, remember, these cards
that are now surpassing V2's in D3D have only been out recently, this game
has been in development for a long time.
I'd imagine if some of these cards had native programming support, they'd
have native versions of stuff too. D3D, at least before DX 6.0, was reputed
to be a sheer pain to program, whereas Glide and RRedline (and OpenGL) were
much more adaptable to the programmer, and easier to program. Plus of
course the native support runs faster.
Second, always, always, always - buy hardware based on the SOFTWARE you
intend to run on it, not vice versa. Specs and benchmarks mean squat if
your game or other software doesn't run right on it. It's like in the DOS
days, you bought a Sound Blaster sound card if you wanted to play
everything, or you hoped your "compatible" card would either work with it,
or get a patch sooner or later. It's been well known that for quite a while
now, Voodoo's are the best supported cards out.
Don't get me wrong, I may get a G200 or TNT, they do seem nice, and I'm sure
it'll be better than my Riva 128 for 2D as well as surpassing the Voodoo 2
in some games, wouldn't hurt to have options. But the Voodoo 2 is a must,
and will stay alongside any of these other cards, for compatibility.
Ken
> Is that just the demo or the actual game????
> Because if this game, which has been all anyone on this forum has
> talked
> about for the past 3-6 months only runs under Glide, and Papyrus's own
> Rendition ***then that does it! I'll never purchase another one of
> their
> products again!
> I hope however that I'll be able to eat these words!
