Has anyone tried SciTech's GLDirect?

[Joseph]

Just wanted to see if anyone used this OpenGL type of wrapper with their G200's, to see if they got better performance in their games such as Quake 2 and 3.

Please post comments with what you think of it.

-Joseph

[Kruzin]

I have not tried the latest beta, but I did try GLD1.0 a while back.

What a POS!

It was 1/2 the speed of the old G200 D3D wrapper.

It didn't support all of the calls properly, which made every game I tried it on look like crap.

It was a bitch to get rid of, because it replaces several files in your windows\system folder, which leaves OGL completely disabled after you un-install it. (Since it doesn't put the original files back)

I won't bother trying ver 2.0. If you decide to, make sure to backup your opengl32.dll and glu32.dll files in the windows\system folder first...

[neo]

I tried it a while back and I have to agree with Kruzin, it sucked. It does what it claims, allows you to play openGL games without 3D hardware. On my Mill2 I actually played Quake3, but at 0.1 fps at all the lowest settings. Needless to say, by the time my screen refreshed I was already across the room. The program is great for a novelty item, but realistically it just doesn't cut it.

-neo

[Joseph]

Man, you guys are so right. I installed and tried out both versions today, 1.1 and 2.0, and all I can say is that it is a piece of SH*T, hehe. OpenGL screen-savers would screw up on me or go crazy. I feel that 5.25 drivers do a better job for the G200. Oh well, we'll see if Sci-Tech repsonds with something newer or not.