Re: Matrox / Display Doctor Acceleration

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From: [C�B] <Gypsy>
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 00:00

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Andrew Bruce wrote in message
<368623BE.A1B3727A@pontyraled.freeserve.co.uk>...
>Yesterday I had my first few games of Quakeworld (and I'm CRAP). I
>honestly don't know what people are complaining about when it comes to
>speed. I find a ping of 200 is fine!


Maybe, but a ping of 130 is much smoother.


>Anyway, I noticed Quakeworld's graphics, sound and input run a lot
>smoother than standard Quake, due to the DirectX support. Is there any
>kind of patch to make Quake support DirectX?

Yep, get WinQuake (v1.09) from id software


>What does Display Doctor
>A/F do?


I think it creates a custom vesa 2 compatible driver for your card. It
should speed things up slighlty and improve compatibility for old cards.

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