Re: SV: GPL newbie

On Sat, 19 Feb 2000 23:15:01 +0100, Vogon captain "Jon Andersen" <[email hidden]> read out his poetry:

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>Yo! > >In the OpenGL settinngs, you shold choose "Use block transfer". That will >fix the mirrors. It worked with my Geforce. BTW, I'm using Nvidia 3.68 >reference drivers. No problem at all with these drivers. Recommended highly. > >Jon

Which OpenGL settings are these? Is it an option in one of the .ini files? It doesn't seem to be available on the GPL graphics set up. Or is it somewhere else altogether? -- Thanks Peter

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> On Sat, 19 Feb 2000 23:15:01 +0100, Vogon captain "Jon Andersen" > >Yo! > >In the OpenGL settinngs, you shold choose "Use block transfer". That will > >fix the mirrors. It worked with my Geforce. BTW, I'm using Nvidia 3.68 > >reference drivers. No problem at all with these drivers. Recommended

highly. > >Jon > Which OpenGL settings are these? Is it an option in one of the .ini > files? It doesn't seem to be available on the GPL graphics set up. > Or is it somewhere else altogether? They are in the properties for your Nvidia graphics card. You get there via the Display Properties in Control Panel. Click Settings - Advanced - RIVA TNT - Additional properties - OpenGL Settings. Then set Buffer flipping mode to "Use block transfer". Bart Westra

On Fri, 25 Feb 2000 22:12:58 +0100, Vogon captain "Bart Westra" <[email hidden]> read out his poetry:

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> >"Peter Ward" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >> On Sat, 19 Feb 2000 23:15:01 +0100, Vogon captain "Jon Andersen" >> <[email hidden]> read out his poetry: >> >> >Yo! >> > >> >In the OpenGL settinngs, you shold choose "Use block transfer". That will >> >fix the mirrors. It worked with my Geforce. BTW, I'm using Nvidia 3.68 >> >reference drivers. No problem at all with these drivers. Recommended >highly. >> > >> >Jon >> >> Which OpenGL settings are these? Is it an option in one of the .ini >> files? It doesn't seem to be available on the GPL graphics set up. >> Or is it somewhere else altogether? > >They are in the properties for your Nvidia graphics card. You get there via >the Display Properties in Control Panel. Click Settings - Advanced - RIVA >TNT - Additional properties - OpenGL Settings. Then set Buffer flipping mode >to "Use block transfer". >

Although I do not have that graphics card, this was enough to allow me to find what I was looking for. And it works! (But you knew that). -- Thanks Peter