[OFB Cafe] Old video cards

[Daniel Cassidy]

On Jan 29, 2008 7:00 PM, Kris Deugau <kdeugau at deepnet.cx> wrote:
> I have an old game that "requires" 8-bit paletted textures (which
> admittedly works fine with software rendering, but...)

Is it FF7 by any chance?

> New(er) cards don't support this (via Direct3D at any rate).
>
> Any suggestions on what chipset to look for?  I think the ATI Rage 128
> is about the right age;  I'm not sure what the nVidia equivalent is.

The nVidia equivalent is the RIVA TNT2, but that doesn't support 8 bit
textures either. It will definitely work with the 3dfx Voodoo3, which
is surely a better choice than the others in any case.

HTH,
Dan.