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"Amos" <am...@incognito.net> wrote:

> -FaNaTiC- wrote in article <34008D...@teleport.com>...
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>>The only other cards that are compatible w/ glquake are the Hercules
>>Stingray 128/3D, Deltron Technology's RealVision Flash3D and the Orchid
>>Righteous 3d.  (Someone correct me if I'm wrong). Go to
>>http://www.3dfx.com/voodoo/sale/retail.html to get info on these
>>products.  The card MUST be 3dfx (voodoo chipset) to support 3dfx
>>games.  Other cards simply are not compatible w/ 3dfx. For example, you
>>can't go out and buy a Virge based 3d card and run GLquake.  It simple
>>won't work.
>
>Huh? Ummm...OpenGL is NOT limited to 3dfx-based cards. The games you speak
>of are OpenGL-based games NOT 3dfx-based games, I thought. If I'm wrong,
>then the names should be changed to 3dfxQuake or 3dfxHexenII. Any card that
>supports OpenGL in hardware or software ( albeit, slower) should be able to
>run GLQuake or GLHexenII.
>
Ahh, but it isn't only the 3dfx that can handle it. So long as your
cardx has an openGL drivier then you can run it. But 3dfx is the main
one, so...

and all the others are slower..

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