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kockblocker1
2004-07-27, 03:17 PM
My first video card was the LEGENDARY Diamond Stealth 2000. The “3d Decelerator”

CHIPSET:
S3 ViRGE 64

BUS:
PCI

MEMORY:
2MB EDO DRAM(Upgradeable 4MB)

3D FEATURES:
Flat and Gouraud Shading
Perspective Correction
Bi-linear and tri-linear texture filtering
MIP-Mapping
Alpha Blending
Depth cueing and fogging
Z-buffering

VIDEO FEATURES:
Superior video scaling for smooth, full screen, full motion video with no color loss or tearing

3D DRIVERS:
DirectX, DirectDraw, DirectVideo, BRrender, Renderware

STANDARD DRIVERS:
Windows 3.x, Windows NT 3.51, Windows 95, MPEG for Windows 95 and Windows 3.x

:)

Tyrannicide
2004-07-27, 03:32 PM
Umm, the piece of shit that came with my pc 8 years ago.

Sovereign
2004-07-27, 03:38 PM
Geforce 2, mobile edition.

-Spector-
2004-07-27, 03:48 PM
whatever my onboard card was ^_^

!King_Amazon!
2004-07-27, 03:49 PM
Onboard intel something.

My first computer was made before they had video cards I think. Some old 386 IBM or something.

iceman887
2004-07-27, 03:59 PM
the first one that was actually bought was some voodoo 3 with like i think 16mb but besides that the other one was a geforce2 mx200 32mb

Wiccan][V][asta
2004-07-27, 05:01 PM
*********************
* Display Summary *
*********************

Monitor: Default Monitor
Video Chipset: RADEON 8500 Series (Omega 2.5.51) Ver. 6.14
Resolution: 1024 x 768 in 32-Bit Color

< Device Information >
Driver Version: 6.14
Technology: Raster display

< Device Characteristics >
Physical Width in Millimeters: 360
Physical Height in Millimeters: 270
Width in Pixels: 1024
Height in Pixels: 768
Pixels per Horizontal Logical Inch: 96
Pixels per Vertical Logical Inch: 96
Color Bits per Pixel: 32
Color Planes per Pixel: 1
Brushes: Unlimited
Pens: 4294967295
Fonts: 0
System Colors: Unlimited
Relative Pixel Width: 36
Relative Pixel Height: 36
Relative Pixel Diagonal Width: 51

< Clipping Capabilities >
Can Clip Output to Rectangle: Yes
Can Clip Output to Region: No

< Raster Capabilities >
Capable of Transferring Bitmaps: Yes
Supports Bitmaps Larger than 64K: Yes
Supports DIBs: Yes
DIBs on Device Surface: Yes
Flood Fills: Yes
Supports Windows 2.0: Yes
Stretch/Compress Bitmaps: Yes
Stretch/Compress DIBs: Yes
Requires Banding Support: No
Palette-Based Device: No
Capable of Scaling: No

< Curve Capabilities >
Can Draw Circles: Yes
Can Draw Pie Wedges: Yes
Can Draw Chord Arcs: Yes
Can Draw Ellipses: Yes
Can Draw Wide Borders: Yes
Can Draw Styled Borders: Yes
Can Draw Wide, Styled Borders: Yes
Can Draw Interiors: Yes
Can Draw Rounded Rectangles: Yes

< Line Capabilities >
Can Draw a Polyline: Yes
Can Draw a Marker: Yes
Can Draw a Polymarker: Yes
Can Draw a Wide Line: Yes
Can Draw a Styled Line: Yes
Can Draw a Wide, Styled Line: Yes
Can Draw Interiors: Yes

< Polygonal Capabilities >
Can Draw an Alternate-fill Polygon: Yes
Can Draw a Rectangle: Yes
Can Draw a Winding-fill Polygon: Yes
Can Draw a Single Scan Line: Yes
Can Draw Wide Borders: Yes
Can Draw Styled Borders: Yes
Can Draw Wide, Styled Borders: Yes
Can Draw Interiors: Yes

< Text Capabilities >
Capable of Character Output Precision: Yes
Capable of Stroke Output Precision: Yes
Capable of Stroke Clip Precision: Yes
Can Underline: Yes
Can Draw Strikeouts: Yes
Can Draw Raster Fonts: Yes
Can Draw Vector Fonts: Yes
Capable of 90-Degree Character Rotation: No
Capable of Any Angle Character Rotation: No
Independent X-Y Scaling: No
Capable of Doubled Character for Scaling: No
Integer Multiples for Scaling: No
Any Multiples for Exact Scaling: No
Can Draw Double-Weighted Characters: No
Can Italicize: No
Can Scroll using Bit-Block Transfer: No

-Spector-
2004-07-27, 06:12 PM
Holy shit...where the hell have you been?

Wiccan][V][asta
2004-07-27, 08:27 PM
Around somewhat, I checked back on the forums for about 5 minutes every few weeks, just to see if anyone has died or anything earth-shattering has happened.

-Spector-
2004-07-28, 12:49 AM
well, nobody has died..............................yet *looks around*