Tribes in OpenGL, it works...

[old.Brit]

Right, just to assuage any fears that Tribes doesn't have excellent OpenGL support.. it DOES.

Machine spec :

AMD K7-600
Xentor Ultra TNT2 32MB
18GB HDD

Tribes install from European pack to standard directory. Immediate upgrade to 1.8 via the normal patch.

Options > Graphics > Fullscreen Driver > TNT/TN2 > Open GL > Resolution: 1024x786 > APPLY

Load Raindance...

showfps();

FPS whilst running/flying etc :: 70fps+
FPS whilst inside the bases :: 100fps+
FPS whilst in an inv stat :: 150fps+

No glitches, smooth as a babe's arse... fluid like you wouldn't believe... in short :

NO PROBLEM

And, by the time those of you who are coming turn up on the 3rd Sep, there will be 20 of these beasts here...

--Brit--

 

[old.lucifa]

hmm...these Athlons sound good

Lucifa

 

[old.zach]

The OpenGL in tribes has been playable for a while now, but the OpenGL performance is still nowhere near the Glide performance.

- Zach

 

[old.Hecate]

yes it works, and works well...

but look at the machine spec you need to play it at its best on

does it actually look any better than glide?

 

[old.Nige]

Yes they do and you can all express yourselfs about Athlons in the "General" forum on my Athlons post ;P