| From: | Thomas Frieden |
| Date: | 22 Apr 2000 at 21:20:20 |
| Subject: | Re: Heretic II Demo Available |
Hi,
On Sat, 22 Apr 2000, Robert Kihl wrote:
> No I don=B4t think I have. The mesa demos works in 512x342, should Here=
ticII
> do to then?
Theoretically, yes. But tools like NewMode allow promotion on a per scree=
n
or per program basis.
> > Yes, there is a difference between the 604 and 603. The 604 boards ha=
ve 64
> > bit data bus, while the 603s have 32, which halves your memory bandwi=
dth.
> > And, IIRC, the 603 has only one integer unit, while the 604 has two.
>=20
> I see, is there speed difference between CVPPC and BVPPC also?
Don't know for sure. It may be a difference with the bus speed. The faste=
r
PPCs have 66 MHZ bus clock, while the slower ones have 50 MHz.=20
> Would HereticII run faster on a 603e/060 than a 603e/040?=20
I don't think so. Heretic 2 uses very little 68k code.
> > On the console, enter "gl_dither 0". But that won't make it faster. O=
nly
> > ugly :/
>=20
> No it looks nicer :)
Well, in 16 bit, it's ok, but in 15, it's really ugly without. Funny what
this single green bit can do :)
> > You probably have an old monitor driver. Those have problems with V39
> > multibuffering...
>=20
> I installed the latest CGX update and the MESA demos runs much faster n=
ow,
> but I still get the flickering on every Warp3D program. Seams like it=B4=
s not
> doing a cls on one of the buffers. Anyone know how to fix this? =20
Please check the tooltypes of the monitor...
CU,=20
--=20
Thomas Frieden=20
(ThomasF@hyperion-software.de)
http://www.hyperion-software.de