On Sun, 24 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> I think we won't see the 'real good' games for Linux until we have 3D
> acceleration other than 3dfx for our beloved OS.
>
Ummm. . .im gonna have to disagree with that. Is Q3 not a "real good game?"
Granted its mainly a multiplayer game, but it's a "real good" multiplayer game
(in my opinion). Same can be said for Unreal Tournament. Elsewise. if you've
played the Win32 versions of Heavy Gear II or Descent 3. . .i think those are
all "real good" games that are coming to Linux. . .and these efforts would
probably be hampered quite a bit had there been no base to stand on. So what
if that base is in the form of 3dfx? God grant, everyone's heard the "shame on
3dfx for releasing such substandard 'next generation' boards", but hey. .
.whatever works for now eh? At the time the Voodoo2 was a revolutionary
chipset and yes it is a shame to not see 3dfx continue that trend but it is a
starting point. . .Im thankful for that at least
Good things are afoot however. . .Xfree86 4 will
include Mesa for 3D rendering and many of the games coming will include Mesa
based renderers so fear not. . .that and seeing as how nVidia is also a major
player in the Linux OpenGL Base Project, i think Linux support (GOOD Linux
support even!) for all present and future nVidia chipsets is a for sure. . .
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