Re: 3dfx logo = Glide Support? Poll

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From: Kris Vanhecke
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 00:00

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>>3Dfx support is the best right now. Glide is just so much faster than D3D,
>>and that is what makes it so popular. D3D and OpenGL don't suck, they just
>>are substandard when compared to the power of glide.
>Thats because glide is written for only one make of card. If glide had
>to support hundreds of different cards it would probably be just as slow
>as D3D.


Hence DIRECT3D and 3Dfx Glide : )
You're clutching at straws.

Kris Vanhecke
Kris.V...@village.uunet.be
http://www.activenet.com/dune2000/
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From: "Kris Vanhecke" <kris.v...@village.uunet.be>
Subject: Re: 3dfx logo = Glide Support? Poll
Date: 1998/10/02
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