I just got my GEForce 2 card (specifically for Nascar Heat) and saw all of
the tweak options in the control panel. My problem is that I don't know
what does what. Is there a link to a site that has preffered settings to
get the most out of this card? Anything I can do specifically for Heat? I
hear about this hardware T&L, is it enabled by default or do I have to set
this up?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
The Idiot with a Decent Graphics Card
On Thu, 17 Aug 2000 03:18:22 +0700, "Warren Reicho" <[email hidden]>
wrote:
>Hardware T&L gotta be supported by software ,i.e. game which you play.
>Then you will see in that game's options screen something like "Enable
>hardware T&L"
That's not necessarily so. Quake2/3 uses it by default, for instance.
In fact, most OpenGL apps must be programmed to _not_ to use hardware
transformation by bypassing certain GL calls.
/Magnus
Hardware T&L gotta be supported by software ,i.e. game which you play.
Then you will see in that game's options screen something like "Enable
hardware T&L"
Cheers!
Warren Reicho [email hidden]
"Gary Kleinfelter" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> I just got my GEForce 2 card (specifically for Nascar Heat) and saw all of
> the tweak options in the control panel. My problem is that I don't know
> what does what. Is there a link to a site that has preffered settings to
> get the most out of this card? Anything I can do specifically for Heat?I
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> hear about this hardware T&L, is it enabled by default or do I have to set > this up? > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Sincerely, > The Idiot with a Decent Graphics Card > >On Wed, 16 Aug 2000 21:05:24 GMT, "Simon Brown"
<[email hidden]> thus spoke:
>Tis the other way around in D3D though. Probably because MS are behind the
>game as usual.
Not true. CommanchevHokum has *limited* T&L support and it is enabled
by default. You have to add a command line switch to disable it. I
guess it will depend on the game developers as to how it is enabled or
not.
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Nos
Hi when you go into the settings, click on the little question mark next to
the X that normally closes the window, then click on the item you want a
description on.
(This can be a litter tricky actually, make sure you click the option before
the question mark and then click it with the question) dang them windows
people.
Gary Kleinfelter <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> I just got my GEForce 2 card (specifically for Nascar Heat) and saw all of
> the tweak options in the control panel. My problem is that I don't know
> what does what. Is there a link to a site that has preffered settings to
> get the most out of this card? Anything I can do specifically for Heat?I
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> hear about this hardware T&L, is it enabled by default or do I have to set > this up? > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Sincerely, > The Idiot with a Decent Graphics Card > >question.,.. question mark that is....
FWIW, the spell checker in outlook get it right, and the one in outlook
express just cutoff mark...
Kai Fuller <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Hi when you go into the settings, click on the little question mark nextto
> the X that normally closes the window, then click on the item you want a
> description on.
>
> (This can be a litter tricky actually, make sure you click the optionbefore
> the question mark and then click it with the question) dang them windows
> people.
> Gary Kleinfelter <[email hidden]> wrote in message
> news:[email hidden]...
> > I just got my GEForce 2 card (specifically for Nascar Heat) and saw allof
> > the tweak options in the control panel. My problem is that I don't know
> > what does what. Is there a link to a site that has preffered settingsto
> > get the most out of this card? Anything I can do specifically for Heat?
> I
> > hear about this hardware T&L, is it enabled by default or do I have toset
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> > this up? > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Sincerely, > > The Idiot with a Decent Graphics Card > > > > > >Tis the other way around in D3D though. Probably because MS are behind the
game as usual.
"Magnus Svensson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 17 Aug 2000 03:18:22 +0700, "Warren Reicho" <[email hidden]> > wrote: > > >Hardware T&L gotta be supported by software ,i.e. game which you play. > >Then you will see in that game's options screen something like "Enable > >hardware T&L" > > That's not necessarily so. Quake2/3 uses it by default, for instance. > In fact, most OpenGL apps must be programmed to _not_ to use hardware > transformation by bypassing certain GL calls. > > > /Magnus> Not true.
Actually it is true :)
> CommanchevHokum has *limited* T&L support and it is enabled
> by default. You have to add a command line switch to disable it. I
> guess it will depend on the game developers as to how it is enabled or
> not.
> --
> Nos
That's only because that's how the programmers have decided to write their
game. The programmers are switching it on as a default setting in their
game, it isn't on by default in D3D as an API.
In D3D if you want to make use of hardware T&L you *have* to request an
IID_IDirect3DTnLHalDevice when you call IDirect3D7::CreateDevice. That
probably sounds like a load of jargon, but believe me, if you don't tell D3D
that you want to use a hardware T&L device, D3D won't use it.
Whether it's a sim or not is up for debate :), and I only have the demo, but
the recently released F1 World Grand Prix uses hardware T&L. The important
thing is that just about every game currently in developement *will* take
advantage of it.
"rrevved" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 16 Aug 2000 15:07:27 -0400, "Gary Kleinfelter"<[email hidden]> wrote:
>
> > I
> >hear about this hardware T&L, is it enabled by default or do I have toset
> >this up?
>
> There are no current racing sims that use Hardware T&L, and
> there are only a few games that use it.
>
On Wed, 16 Aug 2000 23:26:46 GMT, "Simon Brown"
<[email hidden]> thus spoke:
Misunderstood you. I thought you were talking about D3D games and not
the API itself.
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Nos
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>That's only because that's how the programmers have decided to write their >game. The programmers are switching it on as a default setting in their >game, it isn't on by default in D3D as an API. > >In D3D if you want to make use of hardware T&L you *have* to request an >IID_IDirect3DTnLHalDevice when you call IDirect3D7::CreateDevice. That >probably sounds like a load of jargon, but believe me, if you don't tell D3D >that you want to use a hardware T&L device, D3D won't use it. > >:) Yeah, it varies from game to game as well, some games detect and use
hardware T&L automatically and some only look for it once the user has
selected it. I suppose really it should be the job of the game to get the
best out of the hardware and auto-detect it.
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> On Wed, 16 Aug 2000 23:26:46 GMT, "Simon Brown" > <[email hidden]> thus spoke: > > Misunderstood you. I thought you were talking about D3D games and not > the API itself. > -- > NosI've heard very good things about the DX8 beta and the full version should
be with us shortly, but I don't use it myself yet. Until they release the
new SDK (Software Developers Kit) I couldn't program with it anyway, so I'll
wait for the full release.
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