From: Superfro <Superfro@ecis.com>
To: ml@qoole.com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.971201173841.23503A-100000@episun1>
Reply-To: ml@qoole.com
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 1997 16:56:00 -0800
Subject: Re: AGP and GLqoole/quake

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


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.


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

>I am sure I am misunderstanding something.

>

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

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

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

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

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

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

>

>G

>

>***************************

>Gordon White (617) 432-4573 

>

>On Mon, 1 Dec 1997, Superfro wrote:

>

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

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

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

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

>> 

>> 

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

>> 

>> >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

>> 

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

>> 

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

>> 

>> >> 

>> 

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

>> 

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

>> 

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

>> 

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

>> 

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

>> 

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

>> 

>> >

>> 

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

>> 

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

>> 

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