mermaid not working on fx series ?

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Hi,

I just tried to run the new mermaid demo 130 MB download on Pentium III 450
mhz and GeForce FX5200.

Ok it's not the fastest system... but I did expect to see something at 1 fps
per second. LOL.

But nope... ZIPPO... except the menu. ( The demo also tried to install dx8.1
? huh ? )

Anyway the demo requires 550 MB of memory.

I can only hear the music play, see the menu, see the nvidia logo... but the
rest is black... even if I click draw points or wireframe zippo =D Too
funny. LOL I could have coded a demo with points or wireframe =D

In short:

Does this mean the mermaid demo doesn't run on any fx series ????????????

 

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On Sat, 31 Jul 2004 21:21:10 +0200, "Skybuck Flying"
<nospam@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I just tried to run the new mermaid demo 130 MB download on Pentium III 450
>mhz and GeForce FX5200.
>
>Ok it's not the fastest system... but I did expect to see something at 1 fps
>per second. LOL.
>
>But nope... ZIPPO... except the menu. ( The demo also tried to install dx8.1
>? huh ? )
>
>Anyway the demo requires 550 MB of memory.
>
>I can only hear the music play, see the menu, see the nvidia logo... but the
>rest is black... even if I click draw points or wireframe zippo =D Too
>funny. LOL I could have coded a demo with points or wireframe =D
>
>In short:
>
>Does this mean the mermaid demo doesn't run on any fx series ????????????
>

I've been trying to run the Squid demo on my GF4 Ti, which
it's made for, and can't get it to run.

 

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Shame, shame.

I remember getting 3-5 fps in Quake II OpenGL, through a OGL-D3D wrapper so
I could run it on a ATi 3D Rage II.

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"Skybuck Flying" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:cegr48$21q$1@news1.tilbu1.nb.home.nl...
> Hi,
>
> I just tried to run the new mermaid demo 130 MB download on Pentium III
450
> mhz and GeForce FX5200.
>
> Ok it's not the fastest system... but I did expect to see something at 1
fps
> per second. LOL.
>
> But nope... ZIPPO... except the menu. ( The demo also tried to install
dx8.1
> ? huh ? )
>
> Anyway the demo requires 550 MB of memory.
>
> I can only hear the music play, see the menu, see the nvidia logo... but
the
> rest is black... even if I click draw points or wireframe zippo =D Too
> funny. LOL I could have coded a demo with points or wireframe =D
>
> In short:
>
> Does this mean the mermaid demo doesn't run on any fx series ????????????
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

 

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"Skybuck Flying" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:cegr48$21q$1@news1.tilbu1.nb.home.nl...
> Hi,
>
> I just tried to run the new mermaid demo 130 MB download on Pentium III
450
> mhz and GeForce FX5200.
>
> Ok it's not the fastest system... but I did expect to see something at 1
fps
> per second. LOL.
>
> But nope... ZIPPO... except the menu. ( The demo also tried to install
dx8.1
> ? huh ? )
>
> Anyway the demo requires 550 MB of memory.

and a 6800.

[...]

> In short:
>
> Does this mean the mermaid demo doesn't run on any fx series ????????????

That's exactly what it means, and it hurts... it hurts that I can't run it
on my 5900 Ultra. Oh well. At least the "Blobby Dancer" works.

Tony.

 

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"The Black Wibble" <scanner@free.net.nz> wrote in message
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> "Skybuck Flying" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:cegr48$21q$1@news1.tilbu1.nb.home.nl...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just tried to run the new mermaid demo 130 MB download on Pentium III
> 450
> > mhz and GeForce FX5200.
> >
> > Ok it's not the fastest system... but I did expect to see something at 1
> fps
> > per second. LOL.
> >
> > But nope... ZIPPO... except the menu. ( The demo also tried to install
> dx8.1
> > ? huh ? )
> >
> > Anyway the demo requires 550 MB of memory.
>
> and a 6800.
>
> [...]
>
> > In short:
> >
> > Does this mean the mermaid demo doesn't run on any fx series
????????????
>
> That's exactly what it means, and it hurts... it hurts that I can't run
it
> on my 5900 Ultra. Oh well. At least the "Blobby Dancer" works.

Pretty ridicolous that it shows absolutely nothing on their not so long ago
flagship ?!?!?

Thank God Doom 3 should work nicely on FX series =D

Thumbs down for Nvidia =D

 

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"Skybuck Flying" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:cegr48$21q$1@news1.tilbu1.nb.home.nl...
> I just tried to run the new mermaid demo 130 MB download on Pentium III
450
> mhz and GeForce FX5200.
>
> Ok it's not the fastest system... but I did expect to see something at 1
fps
> per second. LOL.
>
> But nope... ZIPPO... except the menu. ( The demo also tried to install
dx8.1
> ? huh ? )

The demo is to show off the features of the 6800 cards. Your FX5200 doesn't
have those features. It's exactly like the previous series demos - the FX
demos don't run on the GF4 cards. What's your point? That your card isn't
able to run 6800 specific code? Welcome to the real world.

Dan