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Re: Lego Creator Success
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Mon, 18 Jan 1999 19:40:13 GMT
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On Wed, 13 Jan 1999 04:26:57 GMT, cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com (Mike Stanley)
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> Actually, unless you are running the alpha OpenGL ICD the G200 isn't
Well, duh. Naturally. :)
> really doing much of anything for you quality or speed wise, and could
> never be compared to a voodoo 2. Trust me, I have a G200 and dual
> V2's. You're only running in software mode with those resolutions,
> and the difference between software rendering like you're doing, and
> real 3d acceleration like I get, is the difference between driving a
> beat up old clunker with no shocks and driving in a nice new town car.
Never tried either, but I take your point. Of course, V2 or even V1
isn't woreth it for me. I play muds, when I play any games at all, and
zMUD isn't exactly a 3D intensive app :)
I did download Quake2 a couple of weeks ago, just to see if it was any
good..
> Well, Matrox has really dropped the ball on the G200. OpenGL support,
> meaning support for 3D apps and more importantly (to this market)
None of the 3D cards has enough triangles/s for non-games openGL apps,
I've been told.
> essentially still a Direct3D-only card for acceleration. 2D quality
> is undisputed, though. But 2D quality on the Riva cards is superb as
> well.
Good :) I bought it for 2D, and TNT wasn't out yet back then.
I used to run on an Virge/DX which was fine at 800*600*70 Hz at a low
quality .28 14" monitor. Then I upgraded to a Visionmaster Pro 17,
with a diamondTron tube, .25 dp, and I started running at 1280*1024.
The Virge/DX could only handle 256 colors, and it was very unsharp.
Something I only noticed when I upgraded to the G200, which was pretty
cheap for a solid upgrade - that's important to me, I can't afford
much more than $25-50 /mo on comps. And that's stinting on the Lego,
MtG, and other stuff.
Anyway, I would prolly have done a TNT if it existed at a reasonable
price back then, but alas... Speaking of Alas, do you know what's
happening at BYTE? I haven't heard _anything_ from them since the last
issue in may or june, and I've got 2+ years of subscription coming to
me. :((
Jasper
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| (...) Ught. :) I just finished Baldur's Gate, the only non-3d accelerated game I've played in quite a while. Now I'm reinstalling Half-life and Theif: The Dark Project, both 3d FPS-types. (...) Dunno since I don't have the time to play with them. I (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Actually, unless you are running the alpha OpenGL ICD the G200 isn't really doing much of anything for you quality or speed wise, and could never be compared to a voodoo 2. Trust me, I have a G200 and dual V2's. You're only running in software (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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