Hello, I heard something about a new kind of processor named Glid 3D from
.DLabs that speeds the hard work of renderings. Somebody knows something about
that? Thanks in advance. 🙂
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I know a little bit. The Glint processor from 3D Labs is just starting
to appear on some OEM boards. Omnicomp say that they are shipping
their board in about a couple of weeks. This is the first one that I
have seen advertised that uses this processor. On paper at least the
GLint processor looks very fast. At the moment though the software
drivers are still relatively under-developed. The Omnicomp board
ships with a 3D driver for Open GL running under Windows NT.
Rendermorphics (who produce the Reality Lab 3D graphics API) are also
close to developing a DOS based driver for the chip. I think that's
it so far. As far as I am aware, I don't know of any plans to develop
a driver for 3D Studio to run on the board. If somebody out there
does know of any such plans, I would love to know too!