GPL - hardware question

I just got a PIII with 450 MHz, 64 MB RAM - and (unluckiyl) a 16 MB ATI Rage 128 ... Any chance to use this to drive GPL - or shall I forget upon it unless I buy one of the supported graphic cards? Thomas -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A-8223 Stubenberg, Vockenberg 108; Styria - Austria - Europe ----------------------------------------------------------------------

ok being that not everyone has 100 bucks to throw around... check if your card supports the OpenGL. If it does it should work fine with your system. My TNT runs it 1024x800 in mid fps in the demo. all graphics on... 35 fps outcar view

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>On Wed, 12 May 1999 22:45:36 +0200, >>I just got a PIII with 450 MHz, 64 MB RAM - and (unluckiyl) a 16 MB ATI >>Rage 128 ... >>Any chance to use this to drive GPL - or shall I forget upon it unless I >>buy one of the supported graphic cards? >>Thomas >Buy a Voodoo3-2000 for a little over $100 and be in GPL heaven. >-- >// rrevved posts from mindspring dot com

If I'm not mistaken the OpenGL works best, if not only, on the TNT cards and perhaps the TNT2s. You may be lucky to get it to work on other cards with full OpenGL ICDs but its a ***shoot. Not to mention the Riva 128 is a fairly old card as far as computer tech goes. :) But nonetheless, try it...if you don't get satisfactory results about all you can do is upgrade.

Or a thriller 8 meg for $90. Will run GPL at 36 fps with everything on. JM

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> I just got a PIII with 450 MHz, 64 MB RAM - and (unluckiyl) a 16 MB ATI > Rage 128 ... > Any chance to use this to drive GPL - or shall I forget upon it unless I > buy one of the supported graphic cards? > Thomas > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > A-8223 Stubenberg, Vockenberg 108; Styria - Austria - Europe > ----------------------------------------------------------------------

From all the post on this subject that I have seen the OpenGL driver DOES NOT work for any ATI adapter. I would get a cheep Voodoo 2 board from someone that wants a Voodoo3. SLG

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>I just got a PIII with 450 MHz, 64 MB RAM - and (unluckiyl) a 16 MB ATI >Rage 128 ... >Any chance to use this to drive GPL - or shall I forget upon it unless I >buy one of the supported graphic cards? >Thomas >-- >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >A-8223 Stubenberg, Vockenberg 108; Styria - Austria - Europe >----------------------------------------------------------------------

(All spelling errors are intentional and are there to show new and improved ways of spelling old words. Grammatical errors are due to too many English classes/teachers)

> ok being that not everyone has 100 bucks to throw around... check if your > card supports the OpenGL. If it does it should work fine with your system. > My TNT runs it 1024x800 in mid fps in the demo. all graphics on... 35 fps > outcar view Stumbled over an Creative Labs Voodoo2 3D Blaster - and it works! I am now at 1024 x 756 at around 35 fps in Monaco! Now the fun starts ... Thomas -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A-8223 Stubenberg, Vockenberg 108; Styria - Austria - Europe ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Yup Jens >Buy a Voodoo3-2000 for a little over $100 and be in GPL heaven. --------------------------------------------- Remove "NOSPAM" before using my email-address