Re: lack of support for 3dfx nowadays

> 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

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

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

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

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. "Rich" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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

In article <[email hidden]>, Liutger Franzen <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>> 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.

RC2000 is D3D only, and moat people would agree it has the best graphics in any racing sim. David G Fisher "Rich" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> 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 >

I suspect "moat" people are the only ones. Scott PA-Scott [email hidden] (David G Fisher) wrote in <M4Fh5.75258$A%[email hidden]>: >RC2000 is D3D only, and moat people would agree it has the best graphics >in any racing sim. > >David G Fisher >

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 "Rich" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> 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 >

David G Fisher wrote in message ... >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;

Scott B. Husted wrote in message <[email hidden]>... >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;