fire GL 4

Hi ,
I plan to purchase an agp ati fire GL 2nd hand.
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,...
Tia

Tom schrieb:

> 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

Le Sun, 13 Nov 2005 13:37:25 +0100, Benjamin Gawert <> a écrit :

>Tom schrieb:
>
>> 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

Thanks for the reply.