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Subject: RE: DJ+Allegro & employment?
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 17:25:38 +0100
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> >> Maybe. But most cards are based on 3DFX nowdays. (at least those available
> >> in Poland)
> >
> >In the UK all 3D cards support Direct 3D. There are a handful of 3Dfx based cards,
> >and a similar amount of Voodoo2 Cards. But there are also the PowerVR cards, the
> >Nvidea Riva, the Rendition... And after DX6 is released there's going to
> be a whole
>
> 3Dfx based cards support D3D as well.
> Voodoo cards are based on 3dfx chips, so there are:
> Voodoo, Voodoo2, Riva 128, PowerVR, etc in UK (and in Poland). Am I right?

Yeah, but some games (like Jedi Knight and several other D3D only games) work better
on my ATI 3D Rage Pro (D3D) than on my Diamond Monster 3D (3Dfx). I would say that
3Dfx Glide generally gives better results than D3D, but I've seen DX6 in action...

Only the Voodoo/Rush/Voodoo2 support 3Dfx Glide. All the cards that you stated above
support D3D and OpenGL.

> >lot more. 3Dfx has only a small corner of the market now, whereas D3D has
> about 95%
> >of it because almost all cards can use it. Some games (such as Jedi Knight) work
> >better on my ATI Rage Pro under D3D than on the 3Dfx under D3D (because I can get
> >1024x768 resolutino in 16bit colour).
>
> 3Dfx is the name of the company that manufactures Voodoo chipsets, D3D is
> the product of MS, so I don't understand that comparison. Voodoo based cards
> support D3D, all cards support D3D (AFAIK) so D3D has 100% of market, as well
> as OpenGL.

When I say 3Dfx I mean either the graphics cards using the chipset designed by 3Dfx
(Voodoo/Voodoo2) or the API 3Dfx Glide, not the company 3Dfx itself. Glide has a
direct comparison to D3D because they are both programming APIs. OpenGL does not have
100% of the market, because several cards (including my ATI card) do not support it.
Almost all newer cards have OpenGL support.

James Arthur
jaa AT arfa DOT clara DOT net
ICQ#15054819