N3..opengl vs. direct3d w/ voodoo3

When using direct3d I seem to get a much better frame rate than with 3dfx. Can anyone confirm this? I think 3dfx LOOKS better, but there is definite slowdown..especially in areas with alot of skidmarks.. have pII-300 128 meg ram voodoo3 Anyone else mess with settings?

Check whether Anti-Aliasing is set on when using Voodoo. It looks better but I've found it can realy hurt your FPS. Try turning it off to see if the frame rate improves. I seem to recall that it is turned on automatically after selecting the Voodoo option at setup. Randy >When using direct3d I seem to get a much better frame rate than with 3dfx. Can >anyone confirm this? I think 3dfx LOOKS better, but there is definite >slowdown..especially in areas with alot of skidmarks.. >have pII-300 >128 meg ram >voodoo3 >Anyone else mess with settings?

I have a Celeron 300a running at 450, V3000 card and SB Live soundcard. My framerates are very close between d3d and glide. I agree glide looks better because of the anti-aliasing, other than that I think d3d is very close. -- Don Burnette Dburn on Ten http://members.home.net/d.burnette/Sportsman%204.htm

I just want to know why opengl is mentioned in the subject line? I also agree with everyone who suggested you try with AA turned off. I have a P2-450, 128MB, 12MB V2 card and the game is totally smooth all the time. If you want a better framerate you might want to upgrade the CPU. -- Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes. cisko [AT] ix [DOT] netcom [DOT] com >When using direct3d I seem to get a much better frame rate than with 3dfx. Can >anyone confirm this? I think 3dfx LOOKS better, but there is definite >slowdown..especially in areas with alot of skidmarks.. >have pII-300 >128 meg ram >voodoo3 >Anyone else mess with settings?

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>When using direct3d I seem to get a much better frame rate than with 3dfx. Can >anyone confirm this? I think 3dfx LOOKS better, but there is definite >slowdown..especially in areas with alot of skidmarks.. >have pII-300 >128 meg ram >voodoo3 >Anyone else mess with settings?

You'll find some comparisions at: http://www2.dicom.se/peter/compare1.jpg http://www2.dicom.se/peter/compare2.jpg http://www2.dicom.se/peter/comparesmall.jpg (These were done on my Mac at work, hence the window styles etc.) http://www2.dicom.se/peter/comparesmall.jpg is just a side-by-side comparision of the car texture. BUT... the story doesn't end there, because Antti Markus Peteri is using a TNT2 and as you can see from _his_ screenshots, he gets much better D3D texture quality then I do. Have a look at http://www.tol.oulu.fi/~midpro/comparison.html (The "your 3Dfx" he's refering to is my previous shot) We never really compared settings/drivers etc. But I use a CreLab TNT2u, Detonator 2.08, MipMap set at 0, method set to Bi-linear, detail set to Best image quality, Anti-alias in h/w off. The only thing I haven't tested yet is "Don't filter stretched bitmaps". Hmmm... Antii, you there? /petern

says... >>When using direct3d I seem to get a much better frame rate than with 3dfx. Can >>anyone confirm this? I think 3dfx LOOKS better, but there is definite >>slowdown..especially in areas with alot of skidmarks.. >>have pII-300 >>128 meg ram >>voodoo3 >>Anyone else mess with settings? well after messing with the frame rate (at bristol..driving for about 10 minutes each setting using alt-f to get the frame rate average) I get about 20 using 3dfx setting and 28fps using direct 3d. the voodoo3000 is set at a refresh of 85mhz and no other tweaks or settings enabled on the card. maybe i need to download the newest drivers. I bought age of empires2 the other day and it installed directX 6.1. I seem to remember somewhere that after a directx install that you should always reinstall your 3dfx drivers..it probably won't change much, but for most apps the direct3d is slower. I really can't tell a huge graphical difference on the voodoo card b/w the 2 modes anyway.