Spii Posted December 21, 2000 Share Posted December 21, 2000 bring on the hi-res, this game is looking better everyday, nice work mod men! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT Posted December 21, 2000 Share Posted December 21, 2000 Spii, question for you. Does the Geoforce support Voodoo coded games? OR do these games simply not work on the Geoforce card. MikeT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chupacabra Posted December 21, 2000 Share Posted December 21, 2000 Voodoo cards use a proprietary API named Glide. GeForce cards use the standard D3D API. Check the technical specifications of your games. If the game supports D3D, they'll run fine with a GeForce. If the game only supports Glide, the GeForce won't work with it. This shouldn't really be an issue however. I can only think of one recent game which only supported Glide. A GeForce should do just fine with nearly any game. ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spii Posted December 21, 2000 Author Share Posted December 21, 2000 Well not sure exactly. I have the creative model, and i did read where the "Unified drivers" were supposed to run some 3dfx programs. I will research it a little bit more tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horrido Posted December 21, 2000 Share Posted December 21, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Spii: bring on the hi-res, this game is looking better everyday, nice work mod men!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Youe have a GeForce 2MX? How do you like it, what about the two monitor ability? How is that working out for you? I'm thinking of getting this card and wanted to talk to some people who are using it. Any issues? Horrido Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brooktrout Posted December 21, 2000 Share Posted December 21, 2000 Just to add a couple of points...as was stated, Voodoo cards use the proprietary Glide API (application programming interface) natively. They also work with Microsoft's Direct3D API. Other manufacturers cards (based on other 3D chips) can run Glide games by using a Glide wrapper or software wrapper that emulates Glide by translating a games Glide calls into Direct3D calls. Usually, a Glide game looks and runs better on a Voodoo card because it does not have to use this wrapper. Maybe that could be negated with a very fast GeForce even though it has to use the extra software wrapper (not sure about this, just a guess). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spii Posted December 21, 2000 Author Share Posted December 21, 2000 yep brooktrout, i think that is what the creative site was talking about (wrapper) of some kind. GeForce 2 mx runs really fast, looks good, and at fraction of cost of the non-mx models. I had to order direct from creative to get it (annihilator 2 mx). So far seems to have the graphic quality of a matrix with much more speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brooktrout Posted December 21, 2000 Share Posted December 21, 2000 "yep brooktrout, i think that is what the creative site was talking about (wrapper) of some kind" If i remember correctly, Creative Labs was one of the first to come out with a glide wrapper for glide games because they were pissed at 3DFX for going from 3D chipmaker to card manufacturer with the STB purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horrido Posted December 21, 2000 Share Posted December 21, 2000 So the annihilator 2 mx is the dual monitor version? Made by creative...any major differances between the GeForce 2MX and the GeForce 2 GTS? Thanks! Horrido <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Spii: yep brooktrout, i think that is what the creative site was talking about (wrapper) of some kind. GeForce 2 mx runs really fast, looks good, and at fraction of cost of the non-mx models. I had to order direct from creative to get it (annihilator 2 mx). So far seems to have the graphic quality of a matrix with much more speed.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spii Posted December 21, 2000 Author Share Posted December 21, 2000 just checked, the geforce 2mx by creative model (g300) only has one monitor plug in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuka Posted December 21, 2000 Share Posted December 21, 2000 Hercules prophet geforce2 MX has the dual monitor thingey (I think) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horrido Posted December 21, 2000 Share Posted December 21, 2000 Thanks Stuka! I'll check it out. Horrido <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Stuka: Hercules prophet geforce2 MX has the dual monitor thingey (I think)<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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