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ABouch8282

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Jan 3, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/3/99
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I went to download the Redgaurd demo. I thought their message "3dfx version
only" meant that that was the only 3d card that it would take advantage of (I
don't have a 3d card). I download the file, installed it and tried to run it.
It wont run without the 3dfx card. IMO, you shouldn't limit the demo to those
people who have a 3d card.

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Brute Dragon

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Jan 3, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/3/99
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ABouch8282 wrote in message <19990103150703...@ng140.aol.com>...

>I went to download the Redgaurd demo. I thought their message "3dfx version
>only" meant that that was the only 3d card that it would take advantage of
(I
>don't have a 3d card). I download the file, installed it and tried to run
it.
>It wont run without the 3dfx card. IMO, you shouldn't limit the demo to
those
>people who have a 3d card.

Well consider these points...

A. A 3d accelerated-only version of a game will be smaller (and probably
easier to code) than a software rendered version.
B. Redguard is one of those games that really need an accelerator.

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Mana user

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Jan 15, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/15/99
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>B. Redguard is one of those games that really need an accelerator.

Hardly true. We (my family) gut Redguard then a 3Dfx card a few weeks later and
it WAS batter but not all that much. We ended up puting the software version
back so we didn't have to restart.
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Brute Dragon

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Jan 17, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/17/99
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Mana user wrote in message <19990115152207...@ng-fx1.aol.com>...

>>B. Redguard is one of those games that really need an accelerator.
>
>Hardly true. We (my family) gut Redguard then a 3Dfx card a few weeks later
and
>it WAS batter but not all that much. We ended up puting the software
version
>back so we didn't have to restart.

Well almost any game that uses 3d graphics can benefit from a 3d
accelerator, especially those people near the low end of the system
requirements. Not everybody has a Pentium 2 you know. :-)

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