Silly 3dfx question

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Search for Glide Wrapper programs that emulate GLIDE with Direct3D
and/or OpenGL...

"frankiekam" <frankie@stamford.edu.my> wrote in message
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> Dear Friends
>
> A silly question:
>
> I've never played Red Baron 3D glide version since I don't have
> a 3DFX card. Never seen a 3dFX screen real-life of any flight sim:
> Jane's F-15, WWII Fighters, Flanker etc for that matter.
>
> So should I go online at ebay and bid for a good
> 3DFx card or can I play glide games easily with the latest offerings
> from nVidia, ATI etc.?
>
> Regards
> Frankie

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim (More info?)

On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 10:39:06 GMT, "Kasey Chang \(remove EATSPAM to
reply\)" <kschang77@eatspamhotmail.com> wrote:

>Search for Glide Wrapper programs that emulate GLIDE with Direct3D
>and/or OpenGL...

A Glide wrapper doesn't perform nor look the same as a 3DFX card.
Quite often glide wrappers have glitches, ie; JF15. I wouldn't mind
having a Voodoo5 on my second machine instead of the GF4 it currently
has.

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PS: Without Glide wrappers...........

<Doug_Dread@eskom.co.za> wrote in message
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> My second (old) machine, PIII with Voodoo3 card is still going strong,
but,
> F15 and WWII Fighters play fine on my P4 with Radeon 9700 Pro, so not
really
> needed. Don't have Red Baron so can't comment.
>
> "Trinity" <three@here.invalid> wrote in message
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> > On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 10:39:06 GMT, "Kasey Chang \(remove EATSPAM to
> > reply\)" <kschang77@eatspamhotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >Search for Glide Wrapper programs that emulate GLIDE with Direct3D
> > >and/or OpenGL...
> >
> > A Glide wrapper doesn't perform nor look the same as a 3DFX card.
> > Quite often glide wrappers have glitches, ie; JF15. I wouldn't mind
> > having a Voodoo5 on my second machine instead of the GF4 it currently
> > has.
>
>