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jeff.da...@grinder.com (JEFF DALLACQUA) wrote:

>-> WinG was the predecessor to "DirectDraw", which replaces WinG and is
>-> far superior.  WinG does not "accelerate" 2D graphics, DirectDraw
>-> can, but you have to have a DirectDraw driver.  As far as I know,
>-> only ATI has provided one.  Others will likely follow.

>The second beta cycle of the Games SDK includes DirectDraw drivers from
>Tseng, S3, Western Digital, and a couple others I believe(basically 95%
>of the existing video chip market that Windows 95 already supports,
>according to MS). The first cycle only included Mach 64 support in
>DirectDraw and SB16 support in DirectSound(oh yeah, and the second cycle
>also includes drivers for other sound cards for the later).

That's good news.
I hope we'll be playing some Direct-Draw games by Christmas!!!  =)
I just wonder if my ET4000 (16bit color but no windows accelerator)
will benefit with the DirectDraw driver when games that use it come
out. Guess not....

BTW I have a GUS and since it has got hardware mixing I'm wondering if
it will benefit from this feature with DirectSound.
Yes, I know it even hasn't got Win95 drivers yet, but suprisingly the
Win3.1 drivers work with some limitations (of course I can't play a
DOS game in Win95 with sound).

And what do you guys think about Creative Labs 3D Blaster (I must say
I don't like Creative but I admit they have the market power to make a
new standard here) ?
I know it'll come out in Christmas (VLB version) and will be a 2D
(with full DirectDraw,Reality Lab and Direct3D API support)  and of
course 3D accelerator (using the Glint game-version 3D chip). 
What do you guys think about this?

One other interesting option is the "all-in-one" NVidia chip (2d,3d,wt
sound,joystick port and even some kind of video acceleration).
But since, it uses curves instead of polygons it may be a lot slower
when it's not programmed directly..... And it seems that game
programmers must do a lot of work to program this chip directly.

My interests here are purely in gaming...
But I will only bought a 3D-card that will have the power to be very
well supported.

Come on and give your comments about all this !!!

Bruno Coutinho
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