GPL with 3Dfx V5500 question

I noticed the 3Dfx V5500 video cards are in the stores now. Does anyone know if the hardware anti-aliasing feature of this card will help in GPL? Will you be able to select this option now in the game which you could only select before if you had a rendition video card? Rory S. Brown

2X FSAA crashes from 640x480 on up in GPL for me, 4X seems stable but the framerate hit is so bad that I haven't ran it very long. "Nos" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > At what res did you try 2x FSAA? I don't have my V5 yet (on order), > but try a lower res maybe.

On Fri, 09 Jun 2000 22:47:33 GMT, "Rory S. Brown" <[email hidden]> thus spoke:

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>I noticed the 3Dfx V5500 video cards are in the stores now. Does anyone >know if the hardware anti-aliasing feature of this card will help in GPL? >Will you be able to select this option now in the game which you could only >select before if you had a rendition video card? > >Rory S. Brown >

You won't need to select that option with a V5 5500 anyway. AA on a V5 is selected in the desktop control panel and is enabled through hardware in all 3D games. I heard someone mention they had problems running GPL on a V5, but don't know what the problem is. Probably a driver issue that will be fixed through updated drivers if there really is a problem. -- Nos

No need to even use it,on my k7 750 I am able to play the game at 1600x1200 at full frame rates. All detail on,detail slider bar in the middle.(K7 750) With 4xFSAA at 8x6 the framerate drops to the mid 20s More hype than hope. BTW it still locks up with 2xFSAA,the tech at 3dfx said he had no problem ,but had not tested on a K7 system. Tim >I noticed the 3Dfx V5500 video cards are in the stores now. Does anyone > >know if the hardware anti-aliasing feature of this card will help in GPL? > >Will you be able to select this option now in the game which you couldonly

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> >select before if you had a rendition video card? > > > >Rory S. Brown > > > > You won't need to select that option with a V5 5500 anyway. AA on a V5 > is selected in the desktop control panel and is enabled through > hardware in all 3D games. I heard someone mention they had problems > running GPL on a V5, but don't know what the problem is. Probably a > driver issue that will be fixed through updated drivers if there > really is a problem. > > -- > Nos

On Sat, 10 Jun 2000 04:33:35 GMT, "TimY" <[email hidden]> thus spoke:

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>No need to even use it,on my k7 750 I am able >to play the game at 1600x1200 at full frame rates. >All detail on,detail slider bar in the middle.(K7 750) >With 4xFSAA at 8x6 the framerate drops to the mid 20s >More hype than hope. >BTW it still locks up with 2xFSAA,the tech at 3dfx said he had no problem >,but had not tested on a K7 system.

At what res did you try 2x FSAA? I don't have my V5 yet (on order), but try a lower res maybe. -- Nos