rec.autos.simulators

by **Rich** » Wed, 02 Aug 2000 04:00:00

besides the upcoming nascar 4 which does look rather nice, its
disappointing to see d3d emulation only in games like GP3 and F1-2000.

apparently on the v5500 gp3 is approaching nice, shame about support
for voodoo 3 and 2. these companies need still to look back to grand
prix legends, to see its possible to use great gfx on 3dfx.

40 fps on 1280*1024 on v3000 with an old k6-2 400..

listening crammond/ea ???

Rich

by **Liutger Franze** » Wed, 02 Aug 2000 04:00:00

what for? the performance loss of the mapping from d3d to glide should
be minimal.

Lio

by **Rich** » Wed, 02 Aug 2000 04:00:00

not really on about performance as such, im on about the way the gfx
seem to look like they're in s/w rendering mode

by **Simon Brow** » Wed, 02 Aug 2000 04:00:00

People have always commented that D3D looked messier than Glide, and in the
games which use both it would seem to be true, like Nascar 3, GPL and GP
500. I've seen plenty of great looking games done in d3d though, like
System Shock 2, ok a different type of game, but it shows what can be
acheived with d3d.
Since the next 3dfx cards won't have Glide support (or so i've read) then
Glide is definitely on it's way out.

by **Liutger Franze** » Wed, 02 Aug 2000 04:00:00

that's just gp3 - looks like coarse grained sw with every card ...
but what feature do you miss for d3d that is available for glide? when I
still had V2-SLI, I could not find a difference between d3d and native
glide in the graphics quality ...

Lio

by **Zonk** » Wed, 02 Aug 2000 04:00:00

>> besides the upcoming nascar 4 which does look rather nice, its
>> disappointing to see d3d emulation only in games like GP3 and F1-2000.

>> apparently on the v5500 gp3 is approaching nice, shame about support
>> for voodoo 3 and 2. these companies need still to look back to grand
>> prix legends, to see its possible to use great gfx on 3dfx.

>what for? the performance loss of the mapping from d3d to glide should
>be minimal.

>Lio

Why spend the time writing for one brand of card when you can manage all with
D3D or opengl?

Z.

Please remove my_pants when replying.

by **David G Fishe** » Wed, 02 Aug 2000 04:00:00

RC2000 is D3D only, and moat people would agree it has the best graphics in
any racing sim.

David G Fisher

by **Scott B. Hust** » Wed, 02 Aug 2000 04:00:00

I suspect "moat" people are the only ones.

Scott
PA-Scott

by **Norm** » Wed, 02 Aug 2000 04:00:00

Glide is losing its hold on the graphics world. the fact the F12000 and GP3
are moving away from it is cuz its not top dog anymore. In fact if you read
reviews of the V5500 its performance is only as good as 1st generation
GeForce cards. With faster Geforce 2 cards selling for same price as V5500
why waste your money on. I myself just upgraded from a V3 2000 to a Geforce
card and can't believe the performance and quality boost. So why would new
games bother with Glide when most new cards support D3D and do it well.

Norm

by **Bendit** » Thu, 03 Aug 2000 04:00:00

>RC2000 is D3D only, and moat people would agree it has the best graphics in
>any racing sim.

Definitely agree with you on that one.

Bendito;

by **Bendit** » Thu, 03 Aug 2000 04:00:00

>I suspect "moat" people are the only ones.

Count me in as a moat person. RC2000 is proof that a D3D game can look
stunning on a Voodoo 2 card.

Bendito;

rec.autos.simulators

lack of support for 3dfx nowadays

lack of support for 3dfx nowadays

lack of support for 3dfx nowadays

lack of support for 3dfx nowadays

lack of support for 3dfx nowadays

lack of support for 3dfx nowadays

lack of support for 3dfx nowadays

lack of support for 3dfx nowadays

lack of support for 3dfx nowadays

lack of support for 3dfx nowadays

lack of support for 3dfx nowadays

lack of support for 3dfx nowadays