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Message started by HyperDrive on 12.03.04 at 01:35:04

Title: Voodoo1/2 D3D/OGL/Glide drivers for Win9x/2k/XP
Post by HyperDrive on 12.03.04 at 01:35:04
Hi there, everybody! I'm new around here. I've already been reading lots of posts (including that Banshee über-talk ;)), but I couldn't find answer for a very specific question:

Are there any new(*) drivers for Voodoo1 and Voodoo2-based 3D accelerators? If so, do they support Direct3D and/or OpenGL? If not, is support for these APIs planned? (I don't care when, I don't mind waiting... ;))

I'm asking this mainly because I have two Voodoo2 cards and one Voodoo Graphics card lying around ever since I installed WinXP...:-/ I just wish I had more programming knowledge/experience (still limited to 8051 assembly and C++ ;D) and 3D background to help you (I'll get there, eventually... I'm studying a quaternion library from a friend of mine... ;))

I'm sorry if this has already been discussed, but I couldn't find the information searching the message board. Thank you very much in advance! :)

(*) By "new", I mean open-source, written from scratch or based on original 3Dfx source code, not the improvised hacks from last official beta/stable 3Dfx drivers.

Title: Re: Voodoo1/2 D3D/OGL/Glide drivers for Win9x/2k/X
Post by FalconFly on 12.03.04 at 02:04:43
Well, all the existing Driver Packages (3rd Party) are based on .inf Mods.

The latest ones (FastVoodoo2) do contain updated Glide Files, though.

New Cores (by your definition) existing to date :
Glide2x V2604 (Koolsmoky)
Glide3x V2610 (Koolsmoky)

GlideXP V1016 (Colourless)

Glide3x V3.10.00.30303 (SourceForge Glide Developer Team)

Not yet included in a Package is MesaFX (OpenGL), done by D.Borca, which is based on the SourceForge Mesa Development, but a special Port for 3dfx.

So technically, Glide and OpenGL is covered by new Drivers; only the DirectX part for Voodoo1/2 has been untouched so far...

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