Re: My Pitfall II Review

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From: sric...
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 1995 00:00

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hu...@netcom.com (Manu Kumar) wrote:

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>As its a WIN/95 game what will matter a lot is the speed and quality of 
>the DIRECTDRAW drivers Pitfall wil inevitably use, as there is a HUGE 
>variation in the quality of Directdraw implementations from videocard 
>to videocard.
>
>The card at the moment that's fastest with Directdraw is the ATI 
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>mahc64, probably because directdraw was developed on it, and because it 
>was the first card for which directdraw drivers (beta) were released, 
>others followed months later.
>
Do you, or anyone here, know if the MGA Matrox Millenia board handels
direct draw well?  TIA.

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Subject: Re: My Pitfall II Review
Date: 1995/09/07
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