Tom said:
I plan to purchase an agp ati fire GL 2nd hand.
Do You like ancients? ;-)
its first use should be for 3dsmax, but i'd like to know if the 3D games (direct3d-directdraw,
openGL, direct-X) shall run with ATI's default drivers, or omega's,...
Forget that! The FireGL 4 has _nothing_ in common with the more modern
FireGL variants. The FireGL 4 design is still from Diamond Technologies
and is based on an IBM RT1000 Rastierizer and IBM GT1000 Geometry
Processor. The card does OpenGL 1.0 quite good (for a card from 2001
vintage) but has _no_ Direct3D support, hence no Direct3D games on it.
There are drivers for WinXP, but they are somewhat dated. Besides that,
you'll need a mainboard that has AGP Pro on it. Standard AGP won't work.
If I were You I'd look around for a FireGL 8800. Unlike the FireGL 4 the
8800 is an ATI design, uses the modern FireGL drivers which are based on
the Catalyst drivers for Radeons, supports Direct3D, works in a generic
AGP slot, and is way faster than the FireGL 4. The FireGL 8800 should be
obtainable for well below 50 bucks today.
Benjamin
