Hardware Transform & Lighting ???

Deyvid · 06-16-2007, 05:08 PM

Hi,

I'm looking to buy this video card, Visiontek Radeon X1300 (256MB GDDR2 PCI)

Well yesterday my dad bought two games that say they require/recommend:

"32Mb DirectX 9 compatible video card with Hardware Transform & Lighting (HW-T&L)"

I don't see that specifically mentioned in the description of the Radeon X1300. Is that something that would be included in the capabilities of this card, or is it a situation where if they don't mention it specifically (HW-T&L) then it's not included?

The games he bought are:
Call of Duty "Game of the Year Edition"
Marine Sharpshooter "Golden Bullet Edition" (includes Marine Sharpshooter and Marine Sharpshooter 2: Jungle Warfare)

ebackhus · 06-16-2007, 11:00 PM

Hardware TnL has been a standard feature since nVidia started including it with the GeForce 256 cards a million years ago (actually about 8) and I can assure you that your X1300 has it as well. Only downside is that it's a PCI card, not AGP or PCI-Express.

swimmer91 · 07-29-2008, 08:44 PM

what do the PCI AGP and PCI-express abb.'s mean?

**emosun** · 07-29-2008, 10:47 PM

There the types of slots the computer has to upgrade. Yours only has pci which isn't really made for video upgrade but is possible. However I would get this card for arround that price.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...044&CatId=1603

Little more powerful and supports newer dx10 games.

06-16-2007, 05:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
Deyvid Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: California Posts: 60 OS: Windows Vista Home Basic (SP1) My System	Hardware Transform & Lighting ??? Hi, I'm looking to buy this video card, Visiontek Radeon X1300 (256MB GDDR2 PCI) Well yesterday my dad bought two games that say they require/recommend: "32Mb DirectX 9 compatible video card with Hardware Transform & Lighting (HW-T&L)" I don't see that specifically mentioned in the description of the Radeon X1300. Is that something that would be included in the capabilities of this card, or is it a situation where if they don't mention it specifically (HW-T&L) then it's not included? The games he bought are: Call of Duty "Game of the Year Edition" Marine Sharpshooter "Golden Bullet Edition" (includes Marine Sharpshooter and Marine Sharpshooter 2: Jungle Warfare)

06-16-2007, 11:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
ebackhus Manager, Design Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SATX Posts: 14,335 OS: WinXP Pro SP3/Windows 7 RTM My System Blog Entries: 28	Re: Hardware Transform & Lighting ??? Hardware TnL has been a standard feature since nVidia started including it with the GeForce 256 cards a million years ago (actually about 8) and I can assure you that your X1300 has it as well. Only downside is that it's a PCI card, not AGP or PCI-Express. __________________ ----------------------------- There are no dumb questions, unless a customer is asking them. Help in the fight against cancer and other serious illnesses.

07-29-2008, 08:44 PM	#3 (permalink)
swimmer91 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 8 OS: windows xp media center	Re: Hardware Transform & Lighting ??? what do the PCI AGP and PCI-express abb.'s mean?

07-29-2008, 10:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 7,088 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: Hardware Transform & Lighting ??? There the types of slots the computer has to upgrade. Yours only has pci which isn't really made for video upgrade but is possible. However I would get this card for arround that price. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...044&CatId=1603 Little more powerful and supports newer dx10 games. __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list