In a message dated 4/24/99 1:37:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask]
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<<  I have a Dell Dimension XPS D300.  I upgraded my video card to a Diamond
 Viper V550 16 Mb AGP card.  The rendition is improved but the frame rate as
 tested in Quake went from 15 fps to 16 fps at 640 to 840 resolution.  I
 purchased my computer in January of 98, before 2x mother boards came out, so
 I suspect that my moo doesn't support the 2x of the Viper.  The answers I
 got from Dell were:  no it doesn't ,it is a function on the chipset and
 can't be changed and from another tech that it was a function of the video
 card, independent of the mobo.  I suspect that the first opinion is correct.
 Would changing the mobo help the video performance?  I figure the answer is
 of course.  The big question is what brand of mobo is the best.  I want
 something of excellent quality, fully featured and as upgradeable down the
 road as possible.  I really appreciate the help and the info from the PC
 Build mailings.  Thanks.

 Robert L. Hooton
 >>

Hi,
  If you are playing the original Quake, you need to go to:
http://idgames.gameaholic.com/idgames.d/idstuff/unsup/
and download the GLQuake patch (glq1114.exe looks like the most recent one).
  Right now you are still using software rendering for the game (i.e. SLOW,
thats why not much difference between the old card and new). Once you apply
the GLQuake patch, it will use the OpenGL extensions of the video card
drivers, making use of the hardware accellerated rendering available in the
new video card, improving both the image quality, and the framerates.
  To run the GLQuake game, run the file GLQuake.exe to start the game. You
won't believe the difference, the picture looks WORLDS better, and it should
get 50fps or more at 640X480 on a PII/300.
  The possible lack of 2X AGP shouldn't make a difference in Quake, as the
textures used in the game are small enough that they should all fit in the
available 16MB of onboard video memory.
 The motherboard you have now should be fine for Quake.

HTH,
Peter Hogan
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