ATI 3D card?

My office computer died a horrible death yeasterday. The replacement 'puter arriving today is a P3 1Gig machine, and comes with a "ATI 32MB AGP 3D video card". I'm not familiar with ATI cards at all. Am I gonna be able to run GPL on this machine at work as well? Probably not good for my productivity, but I'm sure it'll help my ranking... Also, the CADD program I use (DataCAD) utilizes OpenGL for rendering. Does the ATI card have OpenGL capabilities??? Anyone have any insights? Warlock!

"Kelly Nye" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> My office computer died a horrible death yeasterday. The replacement > 'puter arriving today is a P3 1Gig machine, and comes with a "ATI 32MB > AGP 3D video card". > > I'm not familiar with ATI cards at all. Am I gonna be able to run GPL on > this machine at work as well? Probably not good for my productivity, but > I'm sure it'll help my ranking... > > Also, the CADD program I use (DataCAD) utilizes OpenGL for rendering. > Does the ATI card have OpenGL capabilities??? > > Anyone have any insights? > > Warlock! >

My office machine is a P-III 933 with 16MB ATI card - and it runs GPL fine under Win2K with the D3D patch. But don't tell the boss that :-) Ian (BTW - if you manage to hide a steering wheel at work I'll be very impressed - keyboard driving is NOT easy!)

Well I used an ATI rage MAxx card which is (2) 32 meg cards running simular to the v2sli. It ran GPL fine in d3d, but open gl didn't run to well. So in answer to your your questions, Yes it should run GPL in d3d, and yes it will run opengl-just not sure how well. MadDAWG

You play at GPL in your office ????? Don't tell me you use a FF wheel LOL !!! But GPL with keyboard is not very fun, isn't it ? "Ian Riches" <[email hidden]> a �crit dans le message news: 9gqaua$ahd9s$[email hidden]...

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> "Kelly Nye" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > My office computer died a horrible death yeasterday. The replacement > > 'puter arriving today is a P3 1Gig machine, and comes with a "ATI 32MB > > AGP 3D video card". > > > > I'm not familiar with ATI cards at all. Am I gonna be able to run GPL on > > this machine at work as well? Probably not good for my productivity, but > > I'm sure it'll help my ranking... > > > > Also, the CADD program I use (DataCAD) utilizes OpenGL for rendering. > > Does the ATI card have OpenGL capabilities??? > > > > Anyone have any insights? > > > > Warlock! > > > > My office machine is a P-III 933 with 16MB ATI card - and it runs GPL fine > under Win2K with the D3D patch. > > But don't tell the boss that :-) > > Ian > > (BTW - if you manage to hide a steering wheel at work I'll be very > impressed - keyboard driving is NOT easy!) > >

"Erwan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9gqgh1$eji$[email hidden]... > You play at GPL in your office ????? > Don't tell me you use a FF wheel LOL !!! > But GPL with keyboard is not very fun, isn't it ? >No wheel at office.... I use it mainly for looking at replays, using GPL ReplayAnalyser etc. GPL with a keyboard is only fun in the same way that inserting a 9-day old haddock up your nose is fun. Ian

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> > But don't tell the boss that :-) > > Ian > > (BTW - if you manage to hide a steering wheel at work I'll be very > impressed - keyboard driving is NOT easy!)

In that respect, I'm kinda lucky... I *am* the boss! ;) Warlock!

"Kelly Nye" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> My office computer died a horrible death yeasterday. The replacement > 'puter arriving today is a P3 1Gig machine, and comes with a "ATI 32MB > AGP 3D video card". > > I'm not familiar with ATI cards at all. Am I gonna be able to run GPL on > this machine at work as well? Probably not good for my productivity, but > I'm sure it'll help my ranking... > > Also, the CADD program I use (DataCAD) utilizes OpenGL for rendering. > Does the ATI card have OpenGL capabilities??? > > Anyone have any insights? > > Warlock! >

I'm running an ATI rage fury pro 32mb And it runs Gp3..e-racer, Colin Mcrae 2 Combat flight simulator 1+2, falcon 4, all with no probs Not the best card around, but works fine Open GL and D3D both supported....... HTH Jez

I run Mechanical Desktop on an ATI with 32Mb just fine at work. Have not tried gpl at work. I'm way too addicted for that -- John G "Kelly Nye" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > My office computer died a horrible death yeasterday. The replacement > 'puter arriving today is a P3 1Gig machine, and comes with a "ATI 32MB > AGP 3D video card". > > I'm not familiar with ATI cards at all. Am I gonna be able to run GPL on > this machine at work as well? Probably not good for my productivity, but > I'm sure it'll help my ranking... > > Also, the CADD program I use (DataCAD) utilizes OpenGL for rendering. > Does the ATI card have OpenGL capabilities??? > > Anyone have any insights? > > Warlock! >

I run Mechanical Desktop on an ATI with 32Mb just fine at work. Have not tried gpl at work. I'm way too addicted for that -- John G "Kelly Nye" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > My office computer died a horrible death yeasterday. The replacement > 'puter arriving today is a P3 1Gig machine, and comes with a "ATI 32MB > AGP 3D video card". > > I'm not familiar with ATI cards at all. Am I gonna be able to run GPL on > this machine at work as well? Probably not good for my productivity, but > I'm sure it'll help my ranking... > > Also, the CADD program I use (DataCAD) utilizes OpenGL for rendering. > Does the ATI card have OpenGL capabilities??? > > Anyone have any insights? > > Warlock! >

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>Ian Riches wrote: > >> >> But don't tell the boss that :-) >> >> Ian >> >> (BTW - if you manage to hide a steering wheel at work I'll be very >> impressed - keyboard driving is NOT easy!) > >In that respect, I'm kinda lucky... I *am* the boss! ;) >

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