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Article #83304Re: VGA - SVGA: VGA sucks? No way...
From: Dave Glue
Date: Fri, 06 Dec 1996 00:00
Date: Fri, 06 Dec 1996 00:00
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Brant Rusch <ru...@ix.netcom.com> wrote in article <586ja4$o...@dfw-ixnews3.ix.netcom.com>... > Agreed, 100%. I'll "Suffer" with the "Horrible" graphics of VGA :D Up > until that time that computers can display SVGA consistantly at > framerates greater than 30+fps. Hell, with my PRO I can't even get > 20fps in 800x600 in Duke3d..... > But I do get 30fps fullscreen at 640x400 in quake..(but again, I don't > play at that rez) Why exactly do you feel 30+fps is necessary for games like Duke/Quake? I can't believe you can even tell the difference. For scrollers and 3D fighting games, yes it makes a difference- but in Quake/Doom style games, 30+ fps is overkill.
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From: "Dave Glue" <dav...@interlog.com> Subject: Re: VGA - SVGA: VGA sucks? No way... Date: 1996/12/06 Message-ID: <01bbe302$1b3ddf20$0100007f@dave> X-Deja-AN: 202589544 references: <32984032.47038410@news.syd.aone.net.au> <328ce899.2432916@news.spiritone.com> <56jc3j$2lb@taco.cc.ncsu.edu> <3290e2cd.562624@news.spiritone.com> <3291A1DA.167EB0E7@fhpv.umb.sk> <571ao9$ulh@gatekeeeper.teledanmark.dk> <01bbd8a8$69c76080$0100007f@default> <329D3162.1112@erols.com> <329D6398.794BDF32@fhpv.umb.sk> <32A07FF3.3AB2@erols.com> <32A3BDA4.4C53@msn.com> <01bbe16c$72f691e0$dc98d4c7@dave> <32A65E16.3D3D@msn.com> <586ja4$o46@dfw-ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> organization: InterLog Internet Services newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,alt.games.apogee,alt.games.heretic,alt.games.doom,alt.games.warcraft,alt.games MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit