>IDIOTIC!!!!!!!!!!! DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD I HAD TO WORK AND SAVE TO GET THE
>MONEY FOR THE RENDITION
>CARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sucker, though. The newer cards obliterate it at D3D.
Tim
Tim
Well, that may give you some appreciation of how hard your daddy
had to work and save to buy your computer in the first place. :)
"But in a way, fear is a big part of racing, because if there was
nothing to be frightened of, and no limit, any fool could get into
a motor car and racing would not exist as a sport." -- Jim Clark
As far as the decision itself, we all knew it was coming someday,
just disappointed when the day finally comes.
"But in a way, fear is a big part of racing, because if there was
nothing to be frightened of, and no limit, any fool could get into
a motor car and racing would not exist as a sport." -- Jim Clark
Ok, the REAL reason Papy always did Rendition -
Rendition wanted a showcase game to pack in with cards, and *Rendition * did
their own graphics engine for IndyCar Racing 2 to have said game. Since
NASCAR 2 was using a modified ICR2 engine, it took little work to get N2 to
work with Rendition also, so Papy added this in. This was when a 3dfx card
was $300 and very much an unknown quantity. In the months afterward 3dfx
did take the lead over Rendition, but both were good sellers. Quake, by a
company NOT selling Renditions was also only native on Rendition for a long
time after release, until GL Quake came out allowing it to run on other
cards. id guessed Rendition would be the market leader.
With Papy's knowledge of the Rendition and the amount of them they knew
their customers had, it made sense to still have Rendition native for GPL
too, although I vaguely remember it and Nascar Racing 1999 supporting 3dfx
also. The reason it took so long for the 3dfx patch for N2 was it was slow,
and had bugs (had to love some of those wall textures) - no *** by
Sierra to sell Screamin' 3D's, as was screamed about much on this NG way
back when. It may well have been a *** to get 3dfx owners to buy
NR99, oh well.
--
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"Who is the more foolish? The fool, or the fool who follows him?" - Obi-Wan
Kenobi
Go #43 and #44!
volksy (at) geocities (dot) com
volksy (at) yahoo (dot) com
>Grow up! Nobody forced you to buy obsolete hardware just to run three
>games. Personally I feel it's a good thing Papy is moving away from
>the ridiculous Rendition favouritisim, which was obviously caused by
>the fact that Sierra published their own rendition based card ("We
>felt Rendition cards were superior to 3Dfx" - gimme a break!).
Which were unheard of at the time you bought your Rendition card.
Bzzzt, sorry, trolling attempt too poor. Please try again later.
Keeeeeeeeeer-PLONK
Cheers!
John
RENDITION will come out with a new video card and whoop all your asses. But
forget about that for a minute. Why did PAPY suddenly drop support for the
SBLIVE?
Eric
> There is no drop in support for the SB Live!, as you'll still get
> excellent 3D positioning via DirectSound3D.
l8er
ronny
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