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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Triple Ace on December 11, 2003, 09:06:20 am

Title: opengl
Post by: Triple Ace on December 11, 2003, 09:06:20 am

I cannot get a new graphics card until after Christmas. In the meantime does anyone have any idea on how to get opengl 1.2 or higher for an s3 card?

Title: opengl
Post by: Bobboau on December 11, 2003, 09:15:53 am

divine intervention

Title: opengl
Post by: Thorn on December 11, 2003, 09:37:00 am

Yep... you're pretty much forked....

Title: opengl
Post by: Triple Ace on December 11, 2003, 10:00:34 am

DAMN!

Title: opengl
Post by: Thorn on December 11, 2003, 12:03:45 pm

If you're hard pressed for cash, there are some alternatives to a new card, if you can find them, that can still run FS2....
The older Rage 128s, the TNT2s, hell, a Voodoo3 if you can find one....

Title: opengl
Post by: Kosh on December 12, 2003, 01:23:45 am

Well FS2 is so dependant on CPU power anyway you wouldn't need an insanely powerful video card.

Title: opengl
Post by: IceFire on December 12, 2003, 08:00:54 am

The latest SCP work is moving some of the strain away from CPU to videocard actually.  Thats why HT&L mode has a doubling effect on the frame rates and the frame rates never actually drop :D (not for me anyways).

Title: opengl
Post by: Triple Ace on December 12, 2003, 08:01:55 am

I want a card that can run newer games.

Title: opengl
Post by: Admiral LSD on December 12, 2003, 10:02:26 am

I just had a poke around and found a link to this site:

http://www.savagenews.com/drivers/drivers.php

which has drivers for a number of obsolete cards, perhaps there's a newer driver for yours (several models of S3 card are listed) too.

Title: opengl
Post by: Triple Ace on December 12, 2003, 10:47:42 am

I've been there and tried the drivers, does no good.