From: Superfro <Superfro@ecis.com>
To: ml@qoole.com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.971201232058.24146A-100000@episun1>
Reply-To: ml@qoole.com
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 1997 21:35:56 -0800
Subject: Re: AGP and GLqoole/quake

try it again


At 11:22 PM 12/1/97 -0500, you wrote:

>> > go here... http://sysdoc.pair.com/quake-it.html

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>This page is blank, I see the menu for it on the previus page but there 

>is nothing on the page.

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>Gordon

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>Gordon White (617) 432-4573 

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>On Mon, 1 Dec 1997, Superfro wrote:

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>> go here...  http://sysdoc.pair.com/quake-it.html..

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>> and i am running a P-100 (overclocked) 32 megs non-EDO ram, generec motherboard, monster3d card. and getting 45 fps in timdemo demo2. 42 with flashbend.

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>> At 05:47 PM 12/1/97 -0500, you wrote:

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>> >I am sure I am misunderstanding something.

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>> >How can you get the same results on a P100, are'nt you talking about an 

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>> >AGP card?  or is it the viper-pci that gets the same results as the new 

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>> >viper agp?  Also on the dojo chart it says NO AGP support, does this 

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>> >mean there is no glquake for the diamond viper agp?

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>> >I guess my big question is, if I get a diamond viper AGP(Riva 128 chipset) 

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>> >on my new PII can I play glquake to satisfaction?

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>> >G

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>> >Gordon White (617) 432-4573 

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>> >On Mon, 1 Dec 1997, Superfro wrote:

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>> >> the riva gets 39.9 fps on a P2-300 on an LX board. the viper agp gets 

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>> >> 40.9 fps (which is the fastest on the charts of 640x480x16.  

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>> >> the funny thing is, my p-100  (overclocked to 133) gets 45 fps average 

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>> >> under the same conditions..  check the charts..  

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>> >> At 01:27 PM 12/1/97 -0500, you wrote:

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>> >> >On Mon, 1 Dec 1997, Gordon White wrote:

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>> >> >> mattlee@mit.edu wrote:

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>> >> >> > The nVidia RIVA chipset scales with the processor a lot more than the 3Dfx

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>> >> >> > chipset does.  On a Pentium II 300, the RIVA slightly beats out a 3Dfx in

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>> >> >> > GLQuake, and does better in Direct 3D.

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>> >> >> I am about to buy a new PII and have a choice AGP cards.  The sales man 

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>> >> >> just told me the Number 9 revolution (4mb) uses the RIVA chipset.  Will 

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>> >> >> this AGP card play glquake and therefor GLQOOLE? He also told me my 

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>> >> >> monster 3d add on card would not work with an AGP card.  

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>> >> >> I checked out the gldojo and found almost nothing about AGP cards. 

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>> >> >> (its a little early I know). If anyone knows please fill me in.

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>> >> >Well, it definitely won't work for GLQoole; GLQoole works ONLY with 3dfx

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>> >> >cards.  But the RIVA *may* work with GLQuake; check the dojo for info.

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