..small update: v5 agp on agp5 has been tested with SFFT Driver Alpha 36:

3DMark2001SE 330 1451 (Game1, Game 2, Game 3, Game 4 skiped)

no problems with transparency, textures or lightning,everything is working fine

hey.me and the czech 3dfx guys are throwing a little party this saturday (this time only rare cards are going to be dragged along ),and gues what,the latest prototype of agp5 will be present too.drool drool.

we will dedicate one round to you (aww my english sux .ok,heres whats going to happen: everybody lifts a glass 'o beer and says: yo! on Garys health! and down goes the beer )

please take many pictures of your event!

the first gallery is up and running at 3dfx.cz forum,but you need to be a registered user in order to view it..few samples:

ps47 (right) with full t-buffer support (motion blur&depth of field.the guy in the middle has hosted the whole party,the guy at the left has driven me halfway home ):



right out of the matrix,the Neo of czech techie movement,agp5 in his backpack.guess who.



3500tv is really hard to use under xp:



ooo-key,the party was quite short (6hrs),but quite fun,free 3dfx talk as usual,quake2 powered by 3dfx deathmatch,and fooling around with a 8Mhz stoneage pc pulled out of a junk heap.and some really good czech food too (if you played soldier of fortune2,you may remember that Mullins asked for some "polevka" in one of the first cutscenes [polevka=soup],and the guy after the bar replied with "would you like to have svickova instead?" and Mullins answered "no,the polevka was highly recommended." well guess what,Mullins is an idiot,if you happen to be in CZ sometime in the future,you should definitely go for svickova.and if the bartender asks you if you would like to have something else,just reply with "no,the svickova was highly recommended" ).

the agp5 prototype looks sweeet.right now,no one can really tell why it slows down the agp card so much (in theory,it just shouldnt happen,but sometimes things just dont go as smooth in the real world),this is going to be analyzed thoroughly (Ren has received 5 more 3dfx cards so he'll be able to compare pci and agp5 performance himself).

I was feeling kinda weird last few days before the party,and guess what,some weird cr@p happend to my throat (virus? infection? no one will ever know) making me sound like a retarded hybrid of gollum and vortigaunt that has been castrated by a stone brick for all the rest of the party.at the end of the day,I have totally lost my voice and havent recovered yet.it is quite fun,in a way,when people ask me whats up with me not answering and stuff all I can give them for reply is I have losst my preciouss..kch kch,voiccce..in a really hissy and sneaksy way

being able to type down everything I want to say never felt so good

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the problem with agp5 lies elsewhere.I mean,a small performance hit is expected (because the card is running at pci speed),but that shouldnt be more than 5-10%.well see..


edit: forgot to throw in the latest pic of agp5 from the party:



ready to rumble.well se what hogs this piece of art,sooner or later

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Good thing you included a pic. I thought it was some home brew. I've heard you guys have some wicked powerful drinks over there.