Tagrineth
17-Jul-2002, 20:34
Latest developments on the 3dhq (formerly 3dfx-Underground) Voodoo Series driver development, straight from the horse's (or Aquouess's) mouth:
The 1.09 Final driver's latest additions include the following:
Direct3D has now been updated, and is now pretty much fully DirectX 8.1 compatible. The WinXP service file 3dfxvsm.sys has been fully updated to work for DX8.1... meaning issues in games such as Grand Theft Auto III and Rally Championship Extreme have been resolved.
Already complete are the OpenGL updates, courtesy of Aquo's own ICD, which includes several special features, for example Anisotropic Filtering (yes, it IS real) and full OpenGL 1.2 compatibility.
Expect the 1.09 Final driver out... as soon as it's finished :P
PS: Many of you are probably wondering about Command & Conquer: Renegade's "DRIVER" issues. (or not, the game sucks, but anyway...)
Aquo tells me, most of the issues have been fixed and the game should run OK; however, walls do still flash. He says that has to be a *game engine* issue because he can't fix it completely. Ha. So much for Westwood's "y'all need better drivers" attitude...
The 1.09 Final driver's latest additions include the following:
Direct3D has now been updated, and is now pretty much fully DirectX 8.1 compatible. The WinXP service file 3dfxvsm.sys has been fully updated to work for DX8.1... meaning issues in games such as Grand Theft Auto III and Rally Championship Extreme have been resolved.
Already complete are the OpenGL updates, courtesy of Aquo's own ICD, which includes several special features, for example Anisotropic Filtering (yes, it IS real) and full OpenGL 1.2 compatibility.
Expect the 1.09 Final driver out... as soon as it's finished :P
PS: Many of you are probably wondering about Command & Conquer: Renegade's "DRIVER" issues. (or not, the game sucks, but anyway...)
Aquo tells me, most of the issues have been fixed and the game should run OK; however, walls do still flash. He says that has to be a *game engine* issue because he can't fix it completely. Ha. So much for Westwood's "y'all need better drivers" attitude...