08-03-2004, 07:11 PM
This is a bit weird, since I have a GeForce FX 5600 TiVo and it's working fine in Direct3D. :huh:
Due to the similarities between the cards, it's surprising if it's incompatible. Do you use the official drivers from www.nvidia.com?
Anyway, the reason modern cards perform worse than older Voodoo cards is because this game is optimized for Glide. Unfortunately, Blizzard made the wrong choice there since they soon after went out of business. It's not because modern graphics cards are lacking something older ones had, but simply because Blizzard's Direct3D coding is a sloppy piece of junk. ;) It's amazing the game can run slow on hardware that wasn't invented when the game was released. :P
Due to the similarities between the cards, it's surprising if it's incompatible. Do you use the official drivers from www.nvidia.com?
Anyway, the reason modern cards perform worse than older Voodoo cards is because this game is optimized for Glide. Unfortunately, Blizzard made the wrong choice there since they soon after went out of business. It's not because modern graphics cards are lacking something older ones had, but simply because Blizzard's Direct3D coding is a sloppy piece of junk. ;) It's amazing the game can run slow on hardware that wasn't invented when the game was released. :P
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Loyal Diablo fan since 1997 :-)