Re: Diamond Monster 3DII Problem --- * INCREDIBLY SLOW *

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From: Kroagnon
Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 00:00

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Pete Belknap <pbelknap@leland.stanford.edu> wrote in message
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> I just bought a diamond monster 3dii PCI with 12 MB of memory on it and
> installed it without any problems.  That is, Windows detected it ok and
> the software installed.  When I run halflife or quake 2 in OpenGL
> 640X480 the graphics look good, but it is INCREDIBLY slow, as in maybe
> one frame every five seconds.  So, I'm assuming there has to be some
> setup problem, but I can't hack it.  Diamond's tech support was totally

Sounds like you're either using software OpenGL or the OpenGL ICD of the ATI
card. Are you selecting the "3Dfx OpenGL" driver in those games or just
"default OpenGL" ? If you're selecting "default OpenGL", make sure you use
the one for 3Dfxgl.

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Subject: Re: Diamond Monster 3DII Problem --- * INCREDIBLY SLOW *
Date: 1999/04/03
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