Re: [vox-tech] voodoo 3

[Peter Jay Salzman <p@belial.uMAPScdavis.edu>]

ahhh... ok, i didn't remember that you're using the spicy chicken sandwich.
that really stinks.   it IS beta code though.

but i do have to agree with your sentiments -- i've been reading the same
spiel for over 6 months now.  it's disappointing they haven't gotten it to
be stable yet.

(but as a gamer, there is no substitute for full screen!)  :-)

maybe if you upgraded to xfree86 4.0?   i thought i saw the 2.4.0 kernel
mentioned something about the direct rendering interface.  i tried looking
for it briefly just now, but couldn't find it.  maybe i imagined it...

anyway, if you want to try the new kernel, i can email you my hacked 3dfx
driver for the voodoo3, which works with the new kernel.

pete



On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, Micah Cowan wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 01:55:47AM -0800, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> > i meant to mention this when micah brought up the voodoo3, but i got busy.
> > here's the scoop.
> > 
> > voodoo 3 CAN render in a window.  there are currently 2 sets of drivers
> > under development, both being supervised by 3dfx as an open source project.
> > 
> > 3dfx bacon lettuce and tomato.o:
> >     no dri.  can't render in a window; must be in a full screen.
> > 
> > 3dfx spicy chicken sandwich.o:
> >     newer, as in, not finished.  has dri / window rendering.
> > 
> > 
> > why would anyone have the BLT over the spicy chicken sandwich?!?
> > 
> > 1. the spicy chicken sandwich doesn't support things like quakegl,
> >     quake 2, unreal tourny and soldier of fortune.  quake 3 does work,
> >     thanks to lokigames.  this is simply because the driver isn't finished
> >     yet.
> > 
> > 2. currently, the spicy chicken sandwich is broken under xfree86 4.0.1, but
> >     people are working on it.
> > 
> > 
> > note, i've never run the chicken sandwich, so all this is based on what i've
> > read from daryll strauss's website (the guy in charge of the 3dfx drivers).
> 
> And I mentioned the chicken sandwich.  But, as I said, it doesn't work at all,
> except for a very few programs.  The 3dfx website also says this.