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Re: p96speed on Voodoo 3 problems
« on: July 18, 2006, 11:00:38 AM »
Another thing worth noticing is that you REALLY should try to get your hands on Picasso96 v2.1b if you are currently only running the common v2.0.

The updated emulation.library and picasso96api.library fixes some issues, amongst the most important the one which in v2.0 prevents applications from automatically selecting the best screenmodes from the ones available (fixes the intro in Earth2140 and makes ShowAmiga96 perfectly usable and so on).
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Re: p96speed on Voodoo 3 problems
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2006, 11:02:43 AM »
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What's the point of using 32-bit screens anyway? Stick to 16-bit ones and it should be a lot faster, and you won't notice any difference.


I do notice the difference. Things looks much prettier when running 32-bit as soon as there are quite some colours on the screen. But, yes, it is quite much slower in higher resolutions. In 1024*768 I haven't noticed that much difference in the speed, though.
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Re: p96speed on Voodoo 3 problems
« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2006, 03:15:42 PM »
@MASACREWILL

Interesting. I was just about to comment on Pirus thought on screenswitching being rather sluggish at such high resolutions... because I haven't really noticed any slowdowns while switching 1280*1024*32 screens while playing around with my Mediator/Voodoo3-2000 solution. It might be that they are there and pretty visible, but just me not having noticed them. I think I will have to check it out just to be sure...
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Re: p96speed on Voodoo 3 problems
« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2006, 05:08:18 PM »
Warp3D is the one 'pain in the arse' application to get running on your Amiga. I did try to install it some 5-6 times, but with no luck whatsoever. I read every manual I could find, asked around on forums and heck... I did nothing wrong. Then I got so fed up with the whole thing that I simply copied all the 'necessary' files from a friend. I copied EVERYTHING from him that had to do with Warp3D... the libs... his configs... everything... (it seemed exactly like my setup), and lo and behold... what have we? A working Warp3D setup. Yes. I haven't touched it since and i NEVER will. I just extract my little archive with Warp3D related files onto my HD each time I do a reinstall (which, by the way, isn't THAT often).

Have you tried anything Warp3D related other than the demos, by the way?
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