Re: What is a Power VR Card?

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From: John Bye
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 00:00

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todd mccormick wrote

>A power vr card is one that uses Nec's powervrx2 chipset.  There are
>currently 3 cards that i know of  that use it.  Integraph 5d, integraph 3dx
(the x is
>important), and Matrox M3D,

   Apocalypse 3Dx?

> It supports microsoft direct3d, powersgl, the "opengl"
>miniport usedin quake, quake2 and hexen2, and I believe Heidi.

   Heidi?

>  In all fairness though, forrunning glquake the 3dfx card offers
> higher frame rates.  If that is your main concern
>stick with a voodoo card.

   If you have a high spec P2, then the PowerVR cards might actually run
GLQuake as fast or faster than a Voodoo.  Certainly you can get higher
screen resolutions (up to 1024x768) on a PowerVR, if you don't mind the
performance hit...

            John


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Date: 1997/12/13
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