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On Sat, 29 Jun 1996 02:32:13 GMT, daveacg@interlog.com (Dave Glue) wrote: >On Thu, 27 Jun 1996 19:32:27 -0400, "Frank Lachance" ><frankl@accent.net> wrote: > > >>powerful 3D chipset available. But for gamers, Verite or a S3 or Nvidia >>chipset will be the most supported by gaming comany. > >"Support" is a non-issue. Future 3D games will all go through >Direct3D. If it didn't exist, I wouldn't have much faith in _any_ PC >3D accelerator. Without that knowledge, then yes, I would say the >Verite has a good chance of becoming a "standard", but thankfull we >don't have to wait for one company to proclaim a standard based on >sales. > > >I suggest reading up on Direct3D, and the support it's recieved. MS >has a page on it, Dimension 3D has info on it with software support. >It _will be_ the standard, and it's _software_, not hardware- thank >god. :) > I heard however, tell me if I'm wrong if you know better, that while Direct3D allows for more general support..Some of the particular features, of say the Voodoo, won't be implemented directly in the Direct3D code...While the Verite chip WILL because of Creative Labs close parntership with Microsoft. ? Life is grand, don't mess it up.. Existence is meaningless, buck up! ---------- Email : jono@tamu.edu PGP-Key : email TO:pgp-public-keys@pgp.mit.edu SUBJECT: get jono@tamu.edu Web Page: http://blackhole.dorms.tamu.edu Ftp Site: ftp://blackhole.dorms.tamu.edu