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Re: What's the best 3D graphics card for OS/2?

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From: Robert Dohrenburg
Date: Sun, 09 Feb 1997 00:00
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Cristiano Guadagnino wrote:
> 
> Steven C. Den Beste wrote:
> 
> > > No. OpenGL on OS/2 has absolutely no hardware support - it is
> > > software only OpenGL.  At this point in time there is no
> > > way to make use of a 3D accel card under OS/2.
> > I don't think that this is not correct. Hercules provides OS/2 drivers for its
> 
> ELSA has graphic cards and drivers that support HW OpenGL
> Look their site, and you will find ELSA has some of the best
> OS/2-supported cards.


And ELSA supports hardware acceleration under WARP too, no matter what
other uninformed people say.


Robert Dohrenburg.
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From: Robert Dohrenburg <rdohren@ibm.net>
Subject: Re: What's the best 3D graphics card for OS/2?
Date: 1997/02/09
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