Dawn Demo error

[Terence Gui]

I've downloaded the Dawn Demo, copied the opengl32.dll into the \bin
directory, but I get an error when I try to launch the demo - that I have to
have a GeforceFX class card to run it, and under the list of unsupported
features, it reads nv_point_sprite. I'm using the latest Catalyst 3.7
drivers, with a 9500 Pro.

Am I missing something? Anyone come across this problem?

My system specs:

WinXP
AMD XP 2000+ CPU
768MB DDR266 RAM
Catalyst 3.7
ATI 9500 Pro

TIA,
Terence

 

[zlo]

you can run nvidia tech demos on an ati card??

 

[Bugman]

I've downloaded the Dawn Demo, copied the opengl32.dll into the \bin
directory, but I get an error when I try to launch the demo - that I have to
have a GeforceFX class card to run it, and under the list of unsupported
features, it reads nv_point_sprite. I'm using the latest Catalyst 3.7
drivers, with a 9500 Pro.

Am I missing something? Anyone come across this problem?

I had the same problem. I had updated my drivers to 3.7 and also updated DirectX to 9.0B. I thought it was DirectX but it was 3.7. I rolled back to 3.6 and it works fine.

 

[Eric Gill]

you can run nvidia tech demos on an ati card??

Some smartasses wrote an OpenGl wrapper that allows these specific demos to
run. Extremely well, too.

 

[Nick Dalton]

Just out of curiosity, Will that run on an 8500 with 3.6 cat?

 

[Tim Miser]

No, I believe you must have a dx9 card. (9500 and up)