Re: New video card?

[Richard <degage teleport com>]

You've hit, and rather quickly, my level of confrontation.  Seriously, I
don't feel competant
to tell you that.  The card's primary benefits, it seems to me, are for
gamers, serious gamers, 
and I am not.  I play games for occasional diversion, rarely achieve any
advanced 'levels' in 
the games.  I have, however, used 3dfx cards and been very happy with
them.  Don't ask why I got
this card, please.  Its embarassing.  I am one of the "newest, biggest"
idiots.  So I have way 
overbuilt my system for what my true needs really are.  Someday I may
take over some big group, 
like the government, I feel like I have the hardware capability.  But I
only really do letters,
email, team practices, simple games.  Its a guy thing.  Richard
Joe Hylkema wrote:
> 
> In your opinion, would I be better off junking this card and getting a 3DFX?
> 
> Richard wrote:
> 
> > I had the same learning experience with this card.  Not being satisfied
> > with that
> > I waited a few months, bought a new monitor and put myself through the
> > same torture all
> > over again, compounded with the knowledge that I "ought to remember how
> > I did it before."
> > I did get the card to work with Quake II and can play the game though
> > the save option seems
> > not to work well.  I have been able to use different resolutions also,
> > by following the
> > manual directions (pages 8,9).  I can't say I understand yet exactly how
> > they work.  As I
> > understand it from the XFree86 notes, even for 3.3.6, hardware accel for
> > this card is still
> > not supported but they are working on it.  I did not see in the release
> > notes for 4.0 that it
> > is supported yet.  Richard
> > Joe Hylkema wrote:
> > >
> > > I am running RH 6.1 with an AMD K6-2/350.  I have an ATI Rage Fury
> > > 32MB AGP video card.
> > >
> > > I want to play hardware-accelerated GL-Quake.  It's my understanding
> > > that the only presently supported cards for this purpose are 3DFX cards,
> > > is this true?  If so, which cards?  Has anybody gotten GLQuake to work
> > > with a similar config?
> > >
> > > Incidentally, this card was a PAIN IN THE ASS to get to work right with
> > > Linux.  It was a learning experience - I learned how many different
> > > curse words I know.  :(
> > >
> > > Any feedback would be appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
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> All-Time Top Five Country Songs:
> 
> 5.  Mama Get a Hammer (There's a Fly On Papa's Head)
> 4.  I Don't Know Whether To Kill Myself, Or Go Bowling
> 3.  I Still Miss You Baby, But My Aim's Gettin' Better
> 2.  Get Your Tongue Outta My Mouth, 'Cause I'm Kissing You Goodbye
> 1.  I've Got Tears in my Ears from Lying on my Bed while I Cry Over You
> 
> Support a Husky-Free Northwest!
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