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Article #161467Re: 3dfx logo = Glide Support? Poll
From: The Raven
Date: Sat, 03 Oct 1998 00:00
Date: Sat, 03 Oct 1998 00:00
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In article <36152d3a....@goodnews.nildram.co.uk>, Brett Gerhardi <0...@zerozero.net> writes >>>if you see a 3dfx logo on the box of that awesome computer game you are >>>going to buy, you expect that game to have native 3dfx support (Glide) and >>>thus, use your voodoo 1/2/SLI or banshee card to its full potential. >>> >>>yes or no? >>> >> >> >>Damn right it should.. D3D sucks. OpenGl sucks. Glide kicks ass. All games >>should be programed from the ground up to ONLY run on Glide.. Lets face it, >>if you're getting a 3d game nowadays you can't expect to run it in software >>even if you've got a 450mhz machine. Why don't developers do the decent >>thing and go 100% 3dfx.. Imagine how cool games would look and the average >>FPS would go up about 30% >Do you work for 3dfx? Ever heard of a monopoly? Do you understand why >a monopoly is a bad thing? > >yes or no I don't have a 3DFX card. Do you understand why this thread is annoying me? yes or no -- The Raven Choose life - I chose to choose Quake 2 UK Quake 2 website: http://ukq2ng.quake2.co.uk
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From: The Raven <ste...@the-raven.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: 3dfx logo = Glide Support? Poll Date: 1998/10/03 Message-ID: <49Jr+BAczYF2Ewsk@the-raven.demon.co.uk> X-Deja-AN: 397248843 X-NNTP-Posting-Host: the-raven.demon.co.uk:194.222.221.25 References: <6uufh1$sr0$1@oak.prod.itd.earthlink.net> <6v0e8g$86l$1@newnews.global.net.uk> <36152d3a.708359494@goodnews.nildram.co.uk> X-Complaints-To: ab...@demon.net X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 907383841 nnrp-04:2679 NO-IDENT the-raven.demon.co.uk:194.222.221.25 Organization: egotistical fool MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: 3dfx.games,3dfx.games.discussion,3dfx.glide,3dfx.products.voodoo2,alt.games.heavy-gear,alt.games.interplay.freespace,alt.games.unreal,alt.games.wing-commander,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim,uk.games.computer.quake2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit