From: Steffen Seeger <s.seeger@physik.tu-chemnitz.de>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 08:51:42 +0200 (MEST)

Re: A bit confused...

> On Thu, 8 Apr 1999, Martin Rehwald wrote:
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> > Well, after looking about some hout for an appropriate documentation solving my
> > problems i decided to send this mail.
> > If everything i ask for has been discussed in detail somewhere in the www space
> > of the ggi-project i apologize for inconvenience -- but i just didn't find it!
> > 
> > OK, some weeks ago i decided playing around a bit with OpenGL. One of the first
> > things i found out was that most contemporary graphics processors do include an
> > OpenGL engine. 
> 
> 	Not really, except for expensive (>$1000) chipsets like those from 
> SGI.  Other chipsets do 3D acceleration, but not an "OpenGL engine".  In 
> fact, most newer 3D chipsets are built around (ugh) Direct3D.
> 
> Jon

The only 'consumer level' chipset I know that was designed for OpenGL
is the Permedia series. The others (RivaTNT, 3Dfx, ...) are designed to 
meet the DirectX stuff and gaming requirements. (Yes, they support it less or
more, but OpenGL was not the primary issue.)

			Steffen

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