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GPL - Worth getting the D3D patch for a Voodoo 3?

5 posts by 4 people · 23 Jun 2000 - 28 Jun 2000 02:24 UTC

I'm inclined to stick with the Glide driver for now - on my 15" screen, 800x600 is fine. BUt is there any point in d/l-ing the D3D driver? -- David. (GPLRank handicap: +39.92) "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really." (Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)
where can I get this magical patch from?? -- Kieran Phil Lee <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Q0U45.9135$[email hidden]... > From: David Buttery <[email hidden]> > Newsgroups: rec.autos.simulators > Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2000 12:50 AM > Subject: GPL - Worth getting the D3D patch for a Voodoo 3? > > > > I'm inclined to stick with the Glide driver for now - on my 15" screen, > > 800x600 is fine. BUt is there any point in d/l-ing the D3D driver? > > > I found I could run with the detail slider set further to the right with the > D3D patch on my V3 2000 with the same framerate. Give it a go. It's only > 230k to download. > > Cheers > > Phil > ------ > GPL Rank: +66.44 secs > > http://www.youpies.co.uk > > >
Phil Lee 24 Jun 2000 02:19 UTC#260714
From: David Buttery <[email hidden]> Newsgroups: rec.autos.simulators Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2000 12:50 AM Subject: GPL - Worth getting the D3D patch for a Voodoo 3? > I'm inclined to stick with the Glide driver for now - on my 15" screen, > 800x600 is fine. BUt is there any point in d/l-ing the D3D driver? I found I could run with the detail slider set further to the right with the D3D patch on my V3 2000 with the same framerate. Give it a go. It's only 230k to download. Cheers Phil ------ GPL Rank: +66.44 secs http://www.youpies.co.uk
On Sat 24 Jun 2000 10:20:32am, Kieran Larkin wrote: >where can I get this magical patch from?? http://www.papy.com -- David. (GPLRank handicap: +39.92) "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really." (Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)
Uwe Schuerkamp 28 Jun 2000 02:24 UTC#259591
On 25 Jun 2000 01:50:21 GMT, David Buttery <[email hidden]> wrote: >On Sat 24 Jun 2000 10:20:32am, Kieran Larkin wrote: > >>where can I get this magical patch from?? > >http://www.papy.com > i tried it, but got serious frame stutter on my V3 and went back to the glide rasterizer (training mode great in both versions). uwe -- Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) Ever wondered what's wrong with the world? http://bnetwork.com/ PGP Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

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