Out of the Blue

[Oct 18, 2004, 03:02 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

I am surprised to note that it's now been eight years now that I've been on the hardware accelerated bandwagon (I guess it's safe to assume the trend is here to stay). It was right about now in 1996 that I got my Vérité-based Rendition Reactor with which to play Quake. In these days when my current video card has more RAM than NASA did back then, it's fun to recall the joys of first pounding out the polygons with that sort of horsepower... I have to confess I still check out my framerates in Quake II after big upgrades to recreate those moments. Yeah, I'm a geek.

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Re: My first 3D card!

Oct 18, 2004, 08:34

Sugarman

Ha, I also had the 6mb pure 3d from canopus "don't ask me how I still remember that". It was $179.00 and I was playing Interstate 76 and Starfleet Academy on it when I first got it installed. I remember going to a lan party to play quake and everyone thought it was so cool "those geeks :)". One of my friends was working on his computer while swapping parts out of mine to see what was wrong with his, he accidentally kept my cable that connected the primary video card to the pure 3d so I had to switch my monitor to another card every time I wanted to play, I was so pissed off, he lived about 150 miles away.

		Date	Subject	Author
	1.	Oct 18, 03:29	No subject	Animals for Crackers
	2.	Oct 18, 03:50	My first 3D card!	Ant
	3.	Oct 18, 04:11	Re: My first 3D card!	Azraelot
	4.	Oct 18, 04:21	Re: My first 3D card!	Tango
	12.	Oct 18, 08:36	Re: My first 3D card!	hordak
	5.	Oct 18, 04:27	Re: My first 3D card!	Ant
	6.	Oct 18, 04:36	Re: My first 3D card!	terrapin
	9.	Oct 18, 07:44	Re: My first 3D card!	Species8472
>>	11.	Oct 18, 08:34	Re: My first 3D card!	Sugarman
	99.	Oct 18, 22:42	Re: My first 3D card!	axe1970
	7.	Oct 18, 04:38	Vérité? Try ViRGE	ViRGE
	8.	Oct 18, 07:00	IN: 3D cards - OUT: $900 VR setup	Nameless Again
	10.	Oct 18, 07:57	yeh	space captain
	13.	Oct 18, 08:40	Re: yeh	Hammer
	14.	Oct 18, 08:45	Search180 - Malware	Gojo
	15.	Oct 18, 08:51	Re: Search180 - Malware	raVen
	16.	Oct 18, 09:00	Re: Search180 - Malware	Gojo
	19.	Oct 18, 09:12	Re: Search180 - Malware	OsinO
	25.	Oct 18, 10:22	Video Card Memories . . .	ZigZang
	17.	Oct 18, 09:03	Re: Search180 - Malware	nin
	18.	Oct 18, 09:12	Re: Search180 - Malware	nin
	23.	Oct 18, 10:13	Re: Search180 - Malware	Bronco
	82.	Oct 18, 18:58	Re: Search180 - Malware	Ray Marden
	83.	Oct 18, 19:07	Re: Search180 - Malware	Josh
	94.	Oct 18, 22:20	Wireless broadband	WarPig
	105.	Oct 18, 23:25	Re: Wireless broadband	Ray Marden
	24.	Oct 18, 10:19	Re: Search180 - Malware	Zathrus
	27.	Oct 18, 10:27	Re: Search180 - Malware	nin
	20.	Oct 18, 10:02	Re: Search180 - Malware	sauron
	22.	Oct 18, 10:07	Re: Search180 - Malware	Sugarman
	77.	Oct 18, 17:56	Re: Search180 - Malware	Gojo
	21.	Oct 18, 10:05	No subject	sauron
	46.	Oct 18, 12:34	Re: No subject	JosephBlowski
	26.	Oct 18, 10:24	No subject	sauron
	28.	Oct 18, 10:39	Halloween on Sunday	complicity
	29.	Oct 18, 10:54	Re: Halloween on Sunday	nin
	30.	Oct 18, 10:57	My first 3D card!	Wolffe
	32.	Oct 18, 11:15	Re: My first 3D card!	Warhawk
	33.	Oct 18, 11:16	Re: My first 3D card!	complicity
	36.	Oct 18, 11:54	Re: My first 3D card!	c r i s p y
	40.	Oct 18, 12:12	Re: My first 3D card!	Pedle Zelnip
	47.	Oct 18, 12:36	Re: My first 3D card!	Jim
	49.	Oct 18, 12:45	Re: My first 3D card!	Warhawk
	62.	Oct 18, 15:29	Re: My first 3D card!	Absolution
	64.	Oct 18, 15:44	Re: My first 3D card!	Zathrus
	65.	Oct 18, 15:48	Re: My first 3D card!	Absolution
	41.	Oct 18, 12:16	Re: My first 3D card!	Absolution
	31.	Oct 18, 11:08	Re: Halloween on Sunday	Zathrus
	35.	Oct 18, 11:32	Re: Halloween on Sunday	nin
	37.	Oct 18, 12:05	Re: Halloween on Sunday	hordak
	38.	Oct 18, 12:08	Re: Halloween on Sunday	nin
	45.	Oct 18, 12:32	Re: Halloween on Sunday	Halsy
	52.	Oct 18, 13:44	Re: Halloween on Sunday	Josh
	53.	Oct 18, 13:52	Re: Halloween on Sunday	Warhawk
	54.	Oct 18, 14:04	Re: Halloween on Sunday	nin
	57.	Oct 18, 14:17	Re: Halloween on Sunday	Devster
	59.	Oct 18, 14:31	Re: Halloween on Sunday	Zathrus
	63.	Oct 18, 15:44	Re: Halloween on Sunday	tron
	66.	Oct 18, 16:06	Re: Halloween on Sunday	complicity
	67.	Oct 18, 16:15	Re: Halloween on Sunday	tron
	69.	Oct 18, 16:26	Re: Halloween on Sunday	complicity
	70.	Oct 18, 16:28	Re: Halloween on Sunday	tron
	71.	Oct 18, 16:49	Re: Halloween on Sunday	Zathrus
	73.	Oct 18, 17:18	Re: Halloween on Sunday	tron
	75.	Oct 18, 17:28	Re: Halloween on Sunday	Warhawk
	76.	Oct 18, 17:31	Re: Halloween on Sunday	Enahs
	78.	Oct 18, 18:03	Re: Halloween on Sunday	Ihya
	79.	Oct 18, 18:22	Re: Halloween on Sunday	complicity
	80.	Oct 18, 18:38	Re: Halloween on Sunday	Tango
	102.	Oct 18, 23:09	Re: Halloween on Sunday	Bronco
	104.	Oct 18, 23:13	Re: Halloween on Sunday	Enahs
	86.	Oct 18, 20:26	Re: Halloween on Sunday	Bunko
	87.	Oct 18, 20:31	Re: Halloween on Sunday	tron
	89.	Oct 18, 20:53	Re: Halloween on Sunday	Gervaise
	90.	Oct 18, 21:09	Re: Halloween on Sunday	Bunko
	93.	Oct 18, 22:15	Re: Halloween on Sunday	JediLuke
	95.	Oct 18, 22:32	Re: Halloween on Sunday	Warhawk
	98.	Oct 18, 22:41	Re: Halloween on Sunday	JediLuke
	100.	Oct 18, 22:53	Re: Halloween on Sunday	Warhawk
	106.	Oct 19, 00:06	Re: Halloween on Sunday	JediLuke
	107.	Oct 19, 00:14	Re: Halloween on Sunday	Dantastic
	109.	Oct 19, 00:39	Re: Halloween on Sunday	tron
	111.	Oct 19, 00:57	Re: Halloween on Sunday	Orogogus
	114.	Oct 19, 01:30	Re: Halloween on Sunday	Warhawk
	115.	Oct 19, 02:02	Re: Halloween on Sunday	Orogogus
	116.	Oct 19, 02:44	Re: Halloween on Sunday	Gervaise
	117.	Oct 19, 04:34	Re: Halloween on Sunday	Tango
	121.	Oct 19, 10:22	Re: Halloween on Sunday	JediLuke
	122.	Oct 19, 11:34	Re: Halloween on Sunday	Enahs
	123.	Oct 19, 12:30	Re: Halloween on Sunday	Sixis
	108.	Oct 19, 00:36	Re: Halloween on Sunday	Halsy
	112.	Oct 19, 01:04	Re: Halloween on Sunday	Warhawk
	101.	Oct 18, 23:01	Re: Halloween on Sunday	tron
	103.	Oct 18, 23:12	Re: Halloween on Sunday	Josh
	96.	Oct 18, 22:34	Re: Halloween on Sunday	Warhawk
	97.	Oct 18, 22:35	Re: Halloween on Sunday	tron
	91.	Oct 18, 22:03	Re: Halloween on Sunday	tron
	92.	Oct 18, 22:03	Re: Halloween on Sunday	Warhawk
	110.	Oct 19, 00:41	Re: Halloween on Sunday	Gervaise
	113.	Oct 19, 01:13	Re: Halloween on Sunday	Warhawk
	120.	Oct 19, 10:07	Re: Halloween on Sunday	Zathrus
	72.	Oct 18, 17:07	Re: Halloween on Sunday	Moog Operator
	55.	Oct 18, 14:12	Re: Halloween on Sunday	Bronco
	56.	Oct 18, 14:13	Re: Halloween on Sunday	Devster
	61.	Oct 18, 15:16	Re: Halloween on Sunday	FourPak
	34.	Oct 18, 11:26	OT - I must be going batty...	Warhawk
	39.	Oct 18, 12:11	Re: OT - I must be going batty...	Bucky
	42.	Oct 18, 12:22	Re: OT - I must be going batty...	Warhawk
	44.	Oct 18, 12:30	Re: OT - I must be going batty...	Enahs
	48.	Oct 18, 12:39	Re: OT - I must be going batty...	Warhawk
	50.	Oct 18, 13:01	Re: OT - I must be going batty...	ZigZang
	51.	Oct 18, 13:08	Re: OT - I must be going batty...	Warhawk
	58.	Oct 18, 14:29	Re: OT - I must be going batty...	ZigZang
	60.	Oct 18, 14:31	Re: OT - I must be going batty...	ZigZang
	74.	Oct 18, 17:25	Re: OT - I must be going batty...	Warhawk
	43.	Oct 18, 12:29	Halloween = Samhain	sauron
	68.	Oct 18, 16:19	new D3 sp maps	tron
	81.	Oct 18, 18:51	Halloween on Sunday	Gervaise
	84.	Oct 18, 19:33	Does anyone know	Creston
	85.	Oct 18, 20:18	Re: Does anyone know	Enahs
	88.	Oct 18, 20:34	Re: Does anyone know	Gervaise
	118.	Oct 19, 07:27	No subject	Hump
	119.	Oct 19, 08:33	Re: No subject	hordak