From: Kim Baumann Larsen Subject: Re: TECH: 3D cards Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1996 21:40:51 +0100 Message-ID: <316190D3.4EB7@mediascience.no> Organization: Dimension Design AS From: Kim Baumann Larsen Marc Bernatchez wrote: > In article <313325E4.3B0D@sirius.com>, Barrett Fox wrote: > >From: Barrett Fox > >I'm using the 2meg Matrox Millineum. I've found that if I run > >65k color depth or less, I do get some accelleration in VRML. I > >may not be using an optimum browser for Windows NT, but it's > >nothing to scream about. > > There is a great chance that you don't see much of an > improvement because the card is not accelerating the 3D at all. I've > been looking around a bit these past weeks about the 3D protocols like > 3DR, OpenGL,... You should keep in mind that as with most 3D cards the Matrox Millenium "reserves" some of the VRAM (actually WRAM) for the 3D acceleration. The table for resolution and color depth *with* 3D acceleration with the Millenium is as follows (get the 8Mb upgrade - it is well worth it!): screen WRAM needed for colors resolution 256 65K 16.7M -------------------------- 640 x 480 2Mb 4MB 8Mb 800 x 600 2Mb 4Mb 8Mb 1024 x 768 4Mb 8Mb 8Mb 1152 x 882 4Mb 8Mb 1280 x 1200 4Mb 8Mb 1600 x 1200 8Mb Also, see this page for further info: http://www.matrox.com/mgaweb/brochure.htm