Do Not go to Glide mode. That is for 3dfx chips only. as for mipmaping i
think (and feel free to correct me) that has something to do with texture
bluring, but not sure.

James

----- Original Message -----
From: Nat Russo <nrusso@...>
To: <EQ_Necromancer@onelist.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 1:11 PM
Subject: [EQ_Necromancer] Mipmapping question

> From: "Nat Russo" <nrusso@...>
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> Since we're on this topic...
>
> I have a Diamond Viper V770D Ultra (Riva TnT2 chipset) with 32 megs of
video
> ram. That said: I have been playing EQ for several months now, but have
> never turned the "Mipmapping" feature on (although my clip plan is set all
> the way out). I've always hesitated, because I don't know much about
video
> cards, and it says that it would have to restart in Glide mode (which I
have
> no idea what that means).
>
> With my video card, would I benefit from turning that option on? If so,
> why? What the heck is mipmapping and what the heck is Glide mode?
>
> Sorry for the flood of questions, but I'm a real hardware newbie.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help,
> Mujahid 17 Necro Sol Ro
>
>
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