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From: "sherak michael" <msherak@interplay.com>
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To: lightwave@webcom.com, animbear <animbear@xmission.com>
Subject: Re: Intel questions (again)
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I use both a Diamond Stealth 64 (PCI) and an ATI Mach 64 (PCI).. Both
are very good cards.. 4 MB of ram for the card is good if you want to
use 16.8 million colors in higher resolutions.. I just have the 2 MB
versions and they work great for me (800x600 16.8).. I am using the
Diamond on a Intel Pentium 100 under WIN95.. The ATI is running on an
Intel Pentium 90 under NT 3.51..
As far as NT and WIN95 go, you are going to get faster refresh rates
from WIN95 than NT.. The SDK drivers for the video cards work through
a great API.. I can play a 640x480 16-bit FLC at 30 fps under WIN95..
I probably get about 4 to 5 fps on NT with the same FLC.. The ATI card
is fast enough for 30 fps but the graphics library in NT is much
slower..
If you are looking to run Lightwave on a PC and you are use to using
an Amiga, take a look at WIN95.. It really works well in the
multitasking department and you can still run Dpaint in a dos box in
High-res.. NT will not let you have the Super-VGA modes of the
graphics cards for a dos application (Not until January when the NT
SDK is suppost to come out).. I used NT for 6 months before getting
WIN95, NT is great (Hate Windows 3.1) but WIN95 is looking better all
the time.. Plus as a bonus is games like DESCENT work great under 95
:).. Games hate NT..
I really don't like PC's that much after having a real multitasking
computer, but WIN95 is making the PC life a little easier (Plug in and
still a little Play)..
Boy, I sound like a commercial.. Hope this answers some of the
questions...
Michael Sherak "I was think of the immortal words
3D Artist/Animator of Scarcities - I drank what?"
msherak@interplay.com
Interplay Productions, Inc. DESCENT FOREVER! {-Plug
17922 Fitch Ave. Irvine, CA 92714 -USA
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Subject: Intel questions (again)
Author: animbear <animbear@xmission.com> at Internet
Date: 7/25/95 2:08 AM
As with many other people I'm looking to add an Intel based Windows NT
system to my 2 VideoToasters. I've been researching for about a month
now (with the Lightwave upgrade deadline nearing) and the only thing
I'm left with selecting is a graphics card.
Can anyone who has been using a PC with Lightwave please give me some
suggestions as to graphics/video cards? I'm leaning toward the
Diamond Stealth 64 Video VRAM (4meg) card because it comes bundled
with NT drivers and seems to have a good refresh rate and bit-depth /
resolution (I've been reading about PC graphics, can you tell? :-)
At any rate, I suppose I should direct this question to more of a
Windows or PC group, but I'm very interested in the Lightwave aspect
of it since I will be spending a big chunk of my life in front of it
(like any good lightwaver should) as well as a good game of "Dark
Forces" or "Flight Simulator".
If you read this far, thanks.
Reid.
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