G400 tech on a Parhelia?

[3dfx]

Is it possible to run the G400 tech Demo on a Parhelia?
Just Curious

[Ribbit]

Don't see why not. Why not give it a go?

[3dfx]

I tried without a lot of success Has anyone else tried it and how far did you GO!

[Jon P. Inghram]

I don't think it's possible. The G400 tech demo doesn't use DirectX, it's custom coded directly to the hardware IIRC.

[Nuno]

I don't think it's possible. The G400 tech demo doesn't use DirectX, it's custom coded directly to the hardware IIRC.

Nonsense. The G400 core never had a proprietary language as glide or directSGL, it always was a D3D/OpenGL chip.

G400 tech demo is a D3D app that´s hardwired to run only if it finds a G400.

But... believe it or not, but add "i_promise_i_will_go_buy_a_matrox_g400" (without the quotes" at the end of matrox.cfg on the tech demo folder, and run it again.

Here´s it running on a GF4. Don´t know why, but Nvidia never learned how to render sky properly.

[Jon P. Inghram]

I did say "If I remember correctly".

[Indiana]

Now that's a nice tip, Nuno. Where did you get that from?

I just had to search my old G400 installation CD and reinstall it.
And yes, it works on the Radeon9700Pro. Still looks not too bad, even considering todays standards.

[Reckless]

Was (and still is) rather a neat demo

[Novdid]

Is there a possibility to download the demo???

Edit: Never mind, I found it.

[Kusa]

tell us if you found it =)

Matrox G400 Tech Demo (g400techdemo.zip - 33MB)

http://www.matrox.com/mga/news/demos_downloads/prev_demos_downloads.cfm

[Ribbit]

I remember Haig saying that if you manouver the camera underneath the fairy you got a "surprise".

I've tried it, but I saw nothing of note.

[3dfx]

I tried it and it seems to almost work as it starts and for a 2 - 3seconds or so I can hear sound but I can get any further. Any suggestion? I have tried switching things on and off and it seems to make no difference

[Nuno]

I read it somewhere on the net a long time ago while I was trying to get it running on the KyroII. Can´t really remember where. I just thought it was so funny I never really forgot about it.

And yes, the demo looks awesome, looks like someone knew how to do nice water before the 3dfart pixel shader nature demo.

[Novdid]

Actually, if you ask me IMO the water looks a lot better than the water in the nature demo...

[Chrono_Wanderer]

lol thanks for the hint. i was trying to get the G400 tech demo to work on my G550. It didn't work. Thanks for the hint. gonna try the fairy trick right now