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Title: Question on New Horizons Add on
Post by: shipmatejon on December 07, 2008, 20:36:57

Evening all,

Please can someone expand alittle more on the featured quotes for NH as below:

1)  built with advanced visuals
2)  bumpmapping technology




Thanks

ShipmateJon

Title: Re: Question on New Horizons Add on
Post by: TerryRussell on December 07, 2008, 22:36:20

The second one is a method that gets the graphics card to do more of the work, leaving your CPU some spare time to laze around, drinking beer with its mates (if you have a quad core CPU).

The first one sounds like a marketing man limbering up.  ;D

Title: Re: Question on New Horizons Add on
Post by: Rik de Leeuw on December 09, 2008, 16:15:25

more info on bump mapping: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bump_mapping

Title: Re: Question on New Horizons Add on
Post by: JHB on December 09, 2008, 16:23:17

big words made for marketing purposes..I guess.
I know what bump mapping is but "advanced visuals"..lol..is VSTEP trying to get a Nobel price in computer graphics here? :D