Re: TNT2 or Voodoo3 or neither? id software has the answer mother fuckers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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From: Kroagnon
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 00:00

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Machiavellian <rruss@ameritech.net> wrote in message
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> Well, they didn't need to.  What game besides Quake had OpenGL support and
> since the minGL was working fine well you make the call.  Nvidia had no
> choice, just like the other card Manufactures in getting a working OpenGL
> ICD out.  Do you think Nvidia would have worked so hard on their OpenGL
ICD
> if they didn't have to (especially since Quake is the definitive Benchmark
> game)

No of course not, and I firmly believe that 3Dfx dragged their feet with the
OpenGL ICD because it would have been one more reason for developers to code
for OpenGL and not for Glide.

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Subject: Re: TNT2 or Voodoo3 or neither? id software has the answer mother fuckers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date: 1999/04/05
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