Does the Radeon 9xxx series support 8-bit palletized textures? \ VOGONS

Does the Radeon 9xxx series support 8-bit palletized textures?

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First post, by GiSWiG

Posted on 2017-09-30, 16:49

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I'm looking for nglide support in Windows 98 and I know that the Geforce FX series supports 8-bit palletized textures, and I have a FX 5500 and FX 5200 but I was hoping that one of my Radeons supported it but I can't seem to find a straight answer. I have a Radeon 9600XT, 9700 Pro and 9800 Pro.

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Reply 1 of 8, by slivercr

Posted on 2017-09-30, 16:53

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Vogons Wiki says no. You can check quickly with the FF7 Demo, running the hardware config.

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Reply 2 of 8, by F2bnp

Posted on 2017-09-30, 16:57

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Apparently it does, but needs older drivers to do so, along with Table Fog Emulation.

Reply 3 of 8, by GiSWiG

Posted on 2017-09-30, 17:02

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Can you give me the link please? Thanks

Reply 4 of 8, by F2bnp

Posted on 2017-09-30, 18:03

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I don't have a link handy nor specific drivers, as I have never tried this. I've seen many people debate this issue over the years and a few of them insisted on having both these features working on older driver sets, so I reckon you could try 2002-2003 drivers.

Reply 5 of 8, by Koltoroc

Posted on 2017-09-30, 18:03

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AFAIK no radeons ever supported 8 bit paletized textures or table fog emulation. Only nvidia kept supporting it until the FX series. the 6000 series finally dropped it.

Reply 6 of 8, by firage

Posted on 2017-09-30, 18:37

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I guess drivers may have emulated paletted textures and table fog; seems to be what they did after removing them from GeForce FX.

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Reply 7 of 8, by brostenen

Posted on 2017-09-30, 22:58

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Radeon 9xxx series is for late era Win98 gaming anyway. And yet even a GF4-ti4200 can do well in a highend Win98 rig.
If we are talking about XP games, then go for some extra beefy nVidia instead.

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