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Article #10728Re: Good graphics programs to show off SVGA
From: Peter Burke, MIC, 263-7744
Date: Tue, 28 May 1991 23:29
Date: Tue, 28 May 1991 23:29
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In article <nbeck.675370253@weber>, nbeck@weber.ucsd.edu (Nathaniel Beck) writes... >Have just gotten a Diamond Speedstar/Sony HG1304 combination I am >looking for applications that show off the capabilities of this >combination. I am not looking for serious applications such as >autocad but fun applications (is this just an excuse to buy a game). >What great graphics programs (games?) do people like. I already have >After Dark. Will take things that run or do not run under Windows. > For the best graphics a 1024x768x256 card can display, I recommend Fractint for Windows (a shareware/free ? product). There is also a non-windows version, which I don't know. In terms of great looking games there isn't really anything that goes into SVGA. To me the best looking games (especially on fast CPU's) are some of the latest flight simulators, although they only run in 320x200x256. Red Baron is probably the best one in terms of utilizing color palette changes. Wing Commander is simply THE best in animated graphics, although it can easily become too fast on machines above a 33Mhz 386.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!wuarchive!zazen!news From: pburke@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Peter Burke, MIC, 263-7744) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Good graphics programs to show off SVGA Message-ID: <1991May28.213615.8935@macc.wisc.edu> Date: 28 May 91 23:29:38 GMT Sender: news@macc.wisc.edu (USENET News System) Distribution: usa Organization: University of Wisconsin Academic Computing Center Lines: 20