TnT Ultra

L8CS

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Does anyone remember if the old Diamond TnT Ultra 32mb card supports T&L.
 

Jeff7

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The Geforce was the first card with hardware T&L if I remember correctly.
 

L8CS

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Thanks,
My son's server is running a Kyro 2 and he needs a T&L compatible video card for some game mapping. I had an old TnT Ultra lying around so I thought I'd try a post first before making the swap. Well it's almost his birthday so maybe I'll pick him up a new AIW 9700 or 9800 and put the GF4 4200 from his gaming PC into the server. :)
 

Excelsior

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Originally posted by: L8CS
Thanks,
My son's server is running a Kyro 2 and he needs a T&L compatible video card for some game mapping. I had an old TnT Ultra lying around so I thought I'd try a post first before making the swap. Well it's almost his birthday so maybe I'll pick him up a new AIW 9700 or 9800 and put the GF4 4200 from his gaming PC into the server. :)

Well, yeah, that'll do it, heh. I was just gonna say pick up a geforce2 for $25, but why not go all out!
 

L8CS

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I normally do upgrades on my son's PC every year, so what the heck. Anyway you can't take it with you so why not spend his inheritance.;)
 

Brian48

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Actually, the Kryo/Kyro2 should support T&L the same way the TNT/TNT2 can, via software. PowerVR's site, if it's still around, specifically states this. Having a Hercules 4000xt at one time (Kyro), I can attest the games I've tried using T&L worked just fine.
 

L8CS

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the Kryo/Kyro2 should support T&L the same way the TNT/TNT2 can, via software

I can't find the T&L software emulation mode for the Kyro. My son's server is running W2k and I checked in the Direct X control panel and Display along with the Kyro software and there no trace of it. He's installed the lastest drivers for it but I'll check to see if there's still a PowerVR site.
 

holdencommodore

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The latest Kyro II drivers support released eariler this year support PowerVR's EnTnL, (Enhanced T&L). Make sure the check box is selected under Direct 3D options. EnTnL works in a similar way to the way 3D Analyze does.

Cheers
 

Jeff7

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Originally posted by: L8CS
the Kryo/Kyro2 should support T&L the same way the TNT/TNT2 can, via software

I can't find the T&L software emulation mode for the Kyro. My son's server is running W2k and I checked in the Direct X control panel and Display along with the Kyro software and there no trace of it. He's installed the lastest drivers for it but I'll check to see if there's still a PowerVR site.

T&L software emulation mode...that just seems a bit funny to me. Transform and Lighting was originally done in software. Then they came up with hardware T&L. And now there's a software emulator to make the OS think that there's hardware T&L, when it's actually software anyway...:confused:
 

L8CS

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I just realized that I have a GF3 TI 500 in a Linux box, so I'll replace the Kyro2 and solve the problem. :eek: