Yeah, maybe I was wrong....
El dom, 24 oct 1999, escribiste:
> 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
> cchipset 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. . .
>
>
> --
>
> Seth Gibson
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> To paraphrase my friend stephen:
> "life can be like that great ifs xscreensaver. . .random garbage goes in
> and sometimes, beautiful things come out."
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