Well, here's a turnup. A friend who is upgrading his PC to a PIII with
a GeForce card (he's one of that sad band who don't understand GPL, so
doesn't want a Voodoo) has given me his old V3-2000 PCI.
Now, I've got one of those cheapo systems with an integrated Intel 810,
so as the V3 is a combined 2D/3D card, I had to mess around in the BIOS
to disable it, which wasn't fun (though, in the end, fairly
straightforward - just tell the machine to give the PCI slot priority).
And GPL is belting along now. It's a revelation being able to start at
the back of the pack in a race, in 800x600, with most of the graphics
on, and actually have a playable frame rate! And I can keep a steady
36fps once things have got going. So, I guess it's time to resurrect my
aim of getting my GPLRank handicap below 50 (now 64).
Only one pain - I can't get the refresh rate above 75Hz, whereas the
onboard card was quite happy at 85. A minor quibble, though, as 75 is
steady enough, and the speed gain is wonderful!
--
David.
"After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll,
really."
(Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)
David Buttery wrote:
> Well, here's a turnup. A friend who is upgrading his PC to a PIII with
> a GeForce card (he's one of that sad band who don't understand GPL, so
> doesn't want a Voodoo) has given me his old V3-2000 PCI.
<snip>
I figure I understand GPL pretty well, it's ruled my gaming life for the
last two years. I am also a stauch 3dfx fan, from Diamond Monster to
Banshee to SLI'd Canopus V2s. I now run a GeForce 64MB DDR card,
EVERYTHING on, 1600x1200, detail slider smack in the middle, and it's
absolutely gorgeous. It was a definite move up. Don't sell your friend
short.
Doug
On Wed 14 Jun 2000 07:08:58am, Doug Schneider wrote:
>I figure I understand GPL pretty well, it's ruled my gaming life for
>the last two years. I am also a stauch 3dfx fan, from Diamond
>Monster to Banshee to SLI'd Canopus V2s. I now run a GeForce 64MB
>DDR card, EVERYTHING on, 1600x1200, detail slider smack in the
>middle, and it's absolutely gorgeous. It was a definite move up.
>Don't sell your friend short.
I don't object to his choice of card - hell, if I had that kind of
money I might well get a new one - though my lack of an AGP slot means
it would have to be a Voodoo5 (how dreadful...).
What I *do* find strange is that he doesn't like GPL. He bought it,
decided it was too boring (seriously!) and sold it.
In any case (stupid question coming up - I know almost nothing about
this) how does the DDR run GPL? I got the impression that the OpenGL
driver was very flaky except on TNT cards.
--
David.
"After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll,
really."
(Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)
