----- Original Message ----- From: "Joachim Diepstraten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 6:35 AM Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] Graphics card
> Hi Andy > > > Java3D's OpenGL API is written much better than Direct3D version, so > > finally, still go for GF series. > > Sure but as I said GF3 is overkill for J3D a GF2U or GF2ti would do just > fine and he would save a lot of $. And when J3D1.4 is out there will > definitly better cards on the market then now (like GF5 and R300) He didn't say anything about saving money. So forget about it. If he asked about it, I would just recommend GF2MX series and those are enough for developing in J3D. > If he's into PS/Vertex/DX programming he should go for R8500. If he's into > games/OpenGL performance he should go for GF3 (right now but this could > switch fast). If he wants good signal quality he rather should take the > R8500 or GF4. For PS/Vertex/DX programming or other stuff, I would still recommend nVidia card. You may never experience the ATI card's problems. I know ATI cards have good features for vertex and shading but having good features doesn't mean to have good stability. The problem is mainly the ATI driver. > If he wants to do more CAD/professional 3d modelling he should rather take > a FireGL card. Ya of course, but FireGL is not cheap. If he wants to do more CAD/Professional 3D modelling, he can go for it but it's not cheap for that. From the above, you said he would like to save some money, then buy a GF2MX series card, go to www.tomshardware.com to find the article, they provide an article about "How to change a GF card into GL card". It's way cheaper and easy. Takes only 15mins. > The bottom line of all: it really depends what you want to do. He didn't say anything about what he wanna do, so mostly I just recommend the GF3 series because it will suit his need in most cases unless he's a professional of CAD/Modelling. > EOF, Me too. > J.D. Andy > -- > Explore SRT with the help of Java3D > (http://wwwvis.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/relativity/minkowski) > (http://www.antiflash.net/java3d/relativity (mirror) > > =========================================================================== > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body > of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help". =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".
