3DLABS Oxygen GVX210 - Manual (Page 23)

Software Configuration
3Dlabs Oxygen GVX210 User's Guide 13
Direct3D Support Screen
The Direct3D Support screen controls Direct3D application specific driver settings for Oxygen GVX210
Windows 98 and Windows 2000 users, and lets you create your own settings. When the panel first appears,
the Defaults, Add New and Remove Settings buttons, as well as the Advanced Options section, are hidden. They
appear when you click the Advanced button.
Click Driver is optimized for application to reach a drop down list of Direct3D applications, then
select the application you want to use. The rest of your selections on this screen will apply to the
specified application. You can also click Select optimized application in the Configuration Manager
and select your application from that pop-up list.
The Add New button lets you create a new setting, with a user specified name. Remove Setting will
remove user created settings, but will not remove the default settings created at driver installation
time. Default will restore the factory default settings.
Texture Origin at Top Left Corner shifts textures slightly as they are applied to objects, and may result
in better image quality with some applications.
8Bit RGB textures enables Direct3D support for 8bit textures that do not use a separate “look-up”
table to specify color. These can be useful for applications that use the new features of DirectX 6, but
older applications can misinterpret these new formats. If you have problems such as incorrect colors
or poor quality texturing, try disabling this option.
Disable 16-bit alpha-luminance textures enables Direct3D support for monochrome (luminance)
textures. These can be useful for applications that use the new features of DirectX 6, but older
applications can misinterpret these new formats. If you have problems such as incorrect colors or
poor quality texturing, try disabling this option.
Enable Palettized textures enables Direct3D support for 8bit textures which use a separate “look-up”
table to specify the color.
These are useful for graphics cards with a small amount of memory.
However, they can be slower than the alternatives available on cards with large amounts of memory.