Author: Rick Hagen
Date: 10:30:40 09/29/05
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On September 29, 2005 at 06:13:50, Geo Disher wrote: >I know most people here are interested in chess playing strength but I am >thinking about purchasing Fritz 9 for the enhanced 3D graphics interface. One >of my goals is to get as close as possible to the look and feel of being at the >chess board without taking a real one out. Does anyone know if the new 3D GUI >is noticeably better than Fritz 8. I don’t care about the Turk or opponents but >just the board and pieces. Depends on your hardware. If you have a 128 MB GFX card (DX 9 complient), with a decent CPU, you can have friggin good 3D displays... (With Hires 3D board options etc) I actually like to play vs the Turk and Mia...(powered by "BamBam the ferocious") The latter has worse pieces, but a nice voice (If female robots turn you on...) With a 256 MB card, you can have all the textures and lightings (reflections) at 'extreme', and I guess you can't get closer to a 'real board'. I thought the 3D wooden board of Shredder9 was already decent enough though. Rick. (who did a reinstall_with_the directX9.0c from DVD, just for the 3D nonsense..)
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