On 10/25/03 8:39 PM, "Mark Benson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> The spinning cube effect requires a Quartz Extreme capable graphics
> card (Radeon or GeForce) to render the two screens on a 3D cube (as it
> used OpenGL and all). The Rage Pro and Rage 128 chipsets in the G3
> iMacs are not able to do this.
> 
>> It happens SO quickly, however, I really don't want to complain. I'm
>> just
>> inquiring.
> 
> It's probably faster without the cube effect.

I'm sorry to miss the Gee-Whiz effects, but given that a 350 MHz iMac is not
natively a speed demon, I'm happy that it works so fast.

Thanks for the answer - now I'll have to go to the store to watch the
rotating Cube in action on a new G5 (which I'll buy just as soon as I win
the lottery or after my kids start to support themselves in 18 years).

-- 
Bruce
____________________________________________________
B R U C E  K.   klutch-at-erols.com


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