3D Hardware acceleration - ATI Rage Pro

[John McGibney]

on 12/27/02 8:09 AM, Home Macintosh Users List at
HomeMac at lists.themacintoshguy.com wrote:
> I'm assuming there will be a number of questions like this right after the
> holidays --
> 
> My son (I swear, my son) received the Tony Hawk skateboard game.  It runs on
> my Power Macintosh G3 (OS 9.1) but realllllllly sloooooooooowly.  I've
> allocated loads of RAM to it with no difference.
> 
> Now, the problem just might be the 266 MHz processor (233 MHz is the minimum
> requirement).  But the requirements also ask for ATI Rage Pro or better for
> the Hardware 3D acceleration.
> 
> A Sherlock search shows I have the ATI 3D accelerator as well as the ATI
> Radeon 3D Accelerator and ATI Rage 128 3D Accelerator all tucked away in my
> Extensions folder.  Are these the same at ATI Rage Pro?  How do I know which
> is better?  And how do I go out and find this?  Is this actually a video
> card I need to invest in?
> 
> Thanks for the help, in advance.  Shred on gnarly dudes!!!!
> 
> 
> james
did youdownload and install the ATI update? This speeds up the screenredraws
somewhat. Also see if you can set the screen to "thousands of colors" as
opposed to millions. In Tony Hawk try setting the video options to 640 x 480
and poorest quality video options as possible. The simpler the graphics the
faster the redraws.

HTH
John