Re: MMX/3DNow!/SSE usage
Posted on Yesterday, 23:57
https://github.com/TheBearProject/UnrealEngin … Surf.cpp#L14034 https://github.com/TheBearProject/UnrealEngin … nLight.cpp#L582 Absolutely beautiful usage.
Re: How to install and run vanilla Half-Life 2 without Steam
Posted on 2020-09-27, 22:57
How do you "just" extract the GCF contents? They were encrypted last time I checked. Is this a quirk of the GOTY edition? In that case, I should get my hands on it.
Re: MMX/3DNow!/SSE usage
Posted on 2020-03-31, 10:56
Unreal used to not start at all on 486s on initial release, it was a slightly later patch that did (though more likely for getting that to run on early 6x86s). Also when I did try an early enough Unreal on my 486 some decade back, I was getting around 5fps with my Voodoo2 on an empty DM map . Also …
Re: Half-Life Alyx
Posted on 2019-11-22, 21:12
It's an odd feeling to not be excited for a new Half-Life game, but a part of me is optimistic about this being a proof-of-concept for a modern take of the franchise, serving as the foundation for Half-Life 3.
Re: USB 1.0 (1996) vs. USB 1.1 (1998)
Posted on 2019-10-06, 23:02
As far as I remember, the only meaningful change is to the power management. If you take a look at the 1.1 spec, you will see some weird bit designations in the descriptors related to power. Otherwise virtually identical.
Re: Ancient DOS Games Webshow
Posted on 2019-09-10, 22:46
The thing is, Youtube's a very powerful tool, and as a showrunner, you bear the responsibility of having an opinion that many younger fans would find and treat as the authority. I've had situations where my first-hand experiences were disputed by someone parroting misinformation from a DFRetro …
Re: GeForce2 Ultra with unclean VGA output
Posted on 2019-07-07, 00:36
Aren't the early Geforce series infamous for having objectionable VGA quality from certain manufacturers?
Re: GeForce 256 DDR for vintage pc
Posted on 2019-05-21, 04:02
I think for NV1x architecture the major bottleneck is the memory bandwidth. Fillrate is not that important. Therefore GF 256 DDR will be always faster than any GF2 MX... even OC models like 200/200 MHz Asus V7100/pro. GF4 MX440 is nice, but only 128-bit models... 64-bit is more or less the same …
Re: Geforce256 driver performance
Posted on 2019-05-06, 00:31
No big loss as Epic's own OpenGLDrv was a very feature incomplete and buggy mess anyway. No overbrights, no volumetric dog, no detail textures, etc. D3DDrv was preferred for nVidia then. Nvidia's extension wanking in 2001 broke a lot of stuff including some professional applications. Did Unreal …
Re: Geforce256 driver performance
Posted on 2019-05-04, 21:44
Ah yes, the good old extension string overflow. NVIDIA appears to employ extension limits for certain old applications automatically in their modern drivers. Haven't been so lucky with Intel.
Re: Interest in archiving old GPU documentation?
Posted on 2019-04-29, 07:48
To clarify, many of said documents pertain to programming of specific GPU architectures or paradigms. I don't expect these to have much practical value... just the way we* like it. I stumbled upon an official collection of some of these documents packed up in a zip file, hosted on a now defunct …
Re: Interest in archiving old GPU documentation?
Posted on 2019-04-26, 16:50
Sure! Sounds like a good idea. It may be good to put them up on vogonsdrivers.com in the documentation section. If you don't already have an account, either message SquallStrife or put them someplace we can download them from and then we can upload them. Is there actually a section for in-depth …
Interest in archiving old GPU documentation?
Posted on 2019-04-26, 13:05
Over the time, I have accumulated a myriad of GPU-related PDF's, DOC's, and whatnot. Within them, tons of obscure information that may be relevant to certain enthusiasts can be found. Some of them have been difficult to track down, requiring me to meticulously scan the depths of NVIDIA's old sites, …
Re: Geforce256 driver performance
Posted on 2019-04-20, 19:37
The 1999 driver holds up surprisingly well. What's causing Unreal to not function on anything else?
Re: general colour depth queston
Posted on 2019-04-15, 23:01
Even native 24-bit frame buffers fall short of providing a banding-free viewing experience on a high-contrast display. A disturbingly high amount of people seem to think that dithering is an obsolete practice in the year of our lord 2019. It's of course not as crucial as it is with 16-bit color …
Re: Half-Life 2, what copy should I buy
Posted on 2019-03-21, 19:46
I vaguely remember a reasonably trustworthy source claim that they used a tool to install the game directly from the disc instead of grabbing it off the internet. I really wish I knew more about it.
Re: I don't understand all the hate for the Nvidia FX series
Posted on 2019-02-15, 09:23
Didn't the FX have a few things going for it that while underwhelming in practice, could hypothetically deliver results that would confidently kick its competition off the throne? Ati going all in with SM 2.0 turned out to be the right choice, as developers understandably had an aversion to …
Re: AMD K6 Quake2 and Quake 3, aiming for stars.
Posted on 2019-02-08, 13:12
leileilol wrote: How new are your Geforce drivers? Detonator 12.41 at least should be faster for compiled vertex arrays. It was slower in older driver versions If not the drivers, it could have something to do with Quake 2 using glArrayElement instead of glDrawArrays/glDrawElements.
Re: DX7 gpu conumdrum
Posted on 2019-02-08, 13:03
Other than its triple texturing, not many applications made use of Ati's unique features in comparison to Nvidia's. I'd pick the GTS over the MX, since there is a larger array of appropriate driver versions to play around with.
Re: AMD K6 Quake2 and Quake 3, aiming for stars.
Posted on 2019-02-03, 01:55
Try enabling gl_vertex_arrays in Quake 2, it may or may not provide a boost.
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