Also, it appears as though the list I mention below was just updated today. It
was almost a year out of date as of yesterday. I'll cc the list so that anyone
else looking for a board can have it for reference.
Jim
Jim Nolan wrote:
>
> After sifting through the literature, and getting some other info from
> http://www.opengl.org , I determined that what your statement meant was that you
> need a board that supports a "complete Installable Client Driver for OpenGL".
> You can find a list of these at http://www.opengl.org/Products/Accelerators.html
>
> Jim
>
> "Price, Eric" wrote:
> >
> > Remember the one important thing that it hard to determine from these
> > spects: Does the card support accelerated graphics in windowed mode (as
> > opposed to full-screen.)
> >
> > Eric
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jim Nolan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 1998 5:21 AM
> > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> > Subject: Re: [java3d] Any hardware recommendations for NT?
> >
> > Eric,
> > I recently surfed through the maze of video cards as well. There are some
> > reviews on http://www.hardwarecentral.com , http://www.3dhardware.net , and
> > PC
> > Magazine just did a thorough review of video cards at http://www.pcmag.com .
> >
> > From these reviews, it appears that the nVidia RIVA TNT chipset is the way
> > to go
> > today. 3dLabs is supposed to be coming out w/ Permedia 3 in the next few
> > months, but if you need one now.... After looking through all of that
> > information, I narrowed it down to 3 nVidia chipset cards: The Elsa Erazor
> > II,
> > Creative Labs Graphics Blaster, and the STB Velocity 4400. I finally
> > decided on
> > the STB Velocity 4400 and ordered it just last night. It is worthy to note
> > that
> > my local CompUSA carried none of those cards in stock, and I ended up
> > ordering
> > it from http://www.buycomp.com .
> >
> > I'll let you know what I think when I get a chance to play with the card.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > "Price, Eric" wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm interested in any recommendations anyone has for a video card. I am NT
> > > 4.0/Java3D environment and of course want something that accelerates well
> > in
> > > windowed mode (as opposed to full screen.) This last point is a hard one
> > to
> > > get answered by looking at the documentation for the various cards.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance
> > >
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