Dawn Sleeps With ATI - Radeon R3x0 Dawn OpenGL Wrapper

MrB · May 22, 2003, 12:56 AM

I'm excited to release an OpenGL wrapper that allows any ATI DX9 video card owner to run Nvidia's awesome Dawn demo. The wrapper was sent to us anonomously by a group of MIT engineering students. I've tried it on the Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB DDR II board and it runs great! We've taken a bunch of screenshots and did a small writeup.

When I first saw Nvidia’s new GeForce FX Dawn demo I was quite impressed. ATI’s demos done by Alex and the ATI Research crew are of course impressive as well, but the Dawn demo had a certain appeal. Maybe it was the human form, life-like facial expressions, realistic skins tones and texture, or most likely the sexual appeal. So it was disappointing to find out that this magnificent demo would not be able to run on ATI’s DX9 graphic cards. Luckily a group of MIT engineering students were disappointed by the same thing (also rumoured that they were unhappy with Nvidia's image quality and performance) and were up to the task of making it work on ATI hardware (and the brains!). The end result was an opengl wrapper that made the demo run smoothly on ATI hardware. Most impressive!

Download it here
http://www.rage3d.com/content/articles/atidawning/

MrB · May 22, 2003, 01:00 AM

Also as a special treat for our forum users to see a different "view" of the Dawn demo follow these instructions.

"View" mode without wings rename fairy.exe to 3dmark03.exe

"View" mode with wings rename fairy.exe to quake3.exe

Doomtrooper · May 22, 2003, 01:00 AM

Nice work Ryan.

convert · May 22, 2003, 01:03 AM

Cool, now the ATI geeks would want to see Dawn nekid.

Alpha · May 22, 2003, 01:05 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by convert
Cool, now the ATI geeks would want to see Dawn nekid.

"view" mode = nude mode

convert · May 22, 2003, 01:10 AM

One more question before I go ahead & download the rest of the demos like Orge , Dusk, etc...

Does this OGL Wrapper work on the rest of the demos too?

the_Vandal · May 22, 2003, 01:11 AM

OMG Rage3D is supporting Pr0n. Shame on you!

Alpha · May 22, 2003, 01:12 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by convert
One more question before I go ahead & download the rest of the demos like Orge , Dusk, etc...

Does this OGL Wrapper work on the rest of the demos too?

"The dll does not work with other GeForce FX demos"

Someotherdude · May 22, 2003, 01:13 AM

Lol, there's going to be a sudden increase in download at NV's website. They'll probably take it down since they know they didn't sell that many Dx9 cards.

convert · May 22, 2003, 01:19 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Alpha
"The dll does not work with other GeForce FX demos"

Now, thats a real shame.

Hopefully in future, a better OGL wrapper with more capabilities will be released.

Quote:

Originally posted by Someotherdude
Lol, there's going to be a sudden increase in download at NV's website. They'll probably take it down since they know they didn't sell that many Dx9 cards.

Shhhh, I'm still downloading it.

the_Vandal · May 22, 2003, 01:22 AM

I think someone should go tell some kind of religious group that Nvidia are corrupting the youth and then we can watch the hilarity that will ensue.

Uroboros · May 22, 2003, 01:26 AM

Everytime I try to download the Opengl wrapper (by clicking on the download link); I'm just directed back to the same page. No download. The link to the demo download is fine.

geekbyte · May 22, 2003, 01:27 AM

about this nakid dawn

Ratchet · May 22, 2003, 01:33 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Uroboros
Everytime I try to download the Opengl wrapper (by clicking on the download link); I'm just directed back to the same page. No download. The link to the demo download is fine.

what browser are you using?

Vengeance · May 22, 2003, 01:35 AM

Many thanks mister B

Uroboros · May 22, 2003, 01:35 AM

Internet Explorer 6.

Let me try and see if Netscape has the same issue.

Unless my Norton Firewall is causing it.

Weird..it was some strange IE 6 issue. Netscape got the file correctly.

Ratchet · May 22, 2003, 01:37 AM

well, I just changed it to a direct link so you shouldn't have any problems now

Uroboros · May 22, 2003, 01:38 AM

Or maybe you just fixed it.

Thanx

Tork64 · May 22, 2003, 01:48 AM

omg this is great

Dawn is now property of ATI , use her and abuse her . THANK YOU MIT , smartass's!!!. nice job MrB/ratchet , the dawn site looks very nice

Akumajo · May 22, 2003, 01:52 AM

I always thought that the Dawn demo looked nice but not as good as the already naked ATI furry Monkey in the 3d jungle.

But this is great, I just hope those MIT guys start working on a wrapper for the Vulcan demo, now that demo looks nicer than the Dawn demo.

Someotherdude · May 22, 2003, 01:54 AM

Hey, this Nvidia pr0n looks nice with some good quality 4x fsaa applied to it.

Runs great on my 9700pro. Bet you those 5800 ultra guys never heard the music on that demo.

Lone Wolfe · May 22, 2003, 02:04 AM

now all we need is some true form to get some really really realy nice curves

KickAssCop · May 22, 2003, 02:15 AM

downloading it!

ChrisRay · May 22, 2003, 02:27 AM

Seems to run fine at 6x AA and 16x AF here. Looks good, best demo I've seen so far

Tork64 · May 22, 2003, 02:29 AM

it runs

HAH!!!
It runs 15% faster than NV30 on the 9800pro, and it also runs faster than NV35 (we are unable to personally confirm this but a user with both cards and FRAPS could).

MatroxFan · May 22, 2003, 02:31 AM

First the Matrox Reef demo and now the nVidia Dawn demo!

What's next? Some future DirectX9 demo from SiS?

Nice to know MIT engineering students use ATi products.

DaveM2 · May 22, 2003, 02:39 AM

Runs even better on my 5900 Ultra (256mb of course)

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread....hreadid=612849

I'm Happy with it. Not to say that the 9800 Pro 256mb is slow (its nice too, don't own one though).

DaveM

monkeyboy · May 22, 2003, 02:57 AM

Heh, I wanna see the Dusk Demo, never mind the Vulcan one!!!

Nice work guys!

Tork64 · May 22, 2003, 02:57 AM

i love playing with her eyes

shes hot.

Clockwork · May 22, 2003, 03:01 AM

I doubt anybody cares, but here's a screenshot I took of the demo on my 9700 Pro.

1024x768, 4x AA 16x Quality AF

Now if they can only work on a patch for the other demos...

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MrB drunk manslut Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 3,705	Dawn Sleeps With ATI - Radeon R3x0 Dawn OpenGL Wrapper I'm excited to release an OpenGL wrapper that allows any ATI DX9 video card owner to run Nvidia's awesome Dawn demo. The wrapper was sent to us anonomously by a group of MIT engineering students. I've tried it on the Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB DDR II board and it runs great! We've taken a bunch of screenshots and did a small writeup. When I first saw Nvidia’s new GeForce FX Dawn demo I was quite impressed. ATI’s demos done by Alex and the ATI Research crew are of course impressive as well, but the Dawn demo had a certain appeal. Maybe it was the human form, life-like facial expressions, realistic skins tones and texture, or most likely the sexual appeal. So it was disappointing to find out that this magnificent demo would not be able to run on ATI’s DX9 graphic cards. Luckily a group of MIT engineering students were disappointed by the same thing (also rumoured that they were unhappy with Nvidia's image quality and performance) and were up to the task of making it work on ATI hardware (and the brains!). The end result was an opengl wrapper that made the demo run smoothly on ATI hardware. Most impressive! Download it here http://www.rage3d.com/content/articles/atidawning/

May 22, 2003, 01:03 AM	#4
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May 22, 2003, 01:10 AM	#6
convert Radeon HD 4890 Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 870	One more question before I go ahead & download the rest of the demos like Orge , Dusk, etc... Does this OGL Wrapper work on the rest of the demos too? __________________ .convert 'there are no absolutes & there are no definites' .intel c2d 8400 .asus radeon 4850 .msi p45 neo3 .team ddr2 8gb (4x2) .ocz vertex 60gb .wd caviar black 2tb (2x1) .acbel 670w psu .lian li pc7 case .windows 7 enterprise x64

May 22, 2003, 01:26 AM	#12
Uroboros Radeon HD 4870 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: NYC Posts: 388	What gives?! Everytime I try to download the Opengl wrapper (by clicking on the download link); I'm just directed back to the same page. No download. The link to the demo download is fine.

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May 22, 2003, 01:00 AM	#2
MrB drunk manslut Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 3,705	Also as a special treat for our forum users to see a different "view" of the Dawn demo follow these instructions. "View" mode without wings rename fairy.exe to 3dmark03.exe "View" mode with wings rename fairy.exe to quake3.exe

May 22, 2003, 01:00 AM	#3
Doomtrooper The Destroyer Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: The Great White North Posts: 5,340	Nice work Ryan.

May 22, 2003, 01:11 AM	#7
the_Vandal Banned Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 2,696	OMG Rage3D is supporting Pr0n. Shame on you!

May 22, 2003, 01:13 AM	#9
Someotherdude Rage3D Veteran Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 1,844	Lol, there's going to be a sudden increase in download at NV's website. They'll probably take it down since they know they didn't sell that many Dx9 cards.

May 22, 2003, 01:22 AM	#11
the_Vandal Banned Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 2,696	I think someone should go tell some kind of religious group that Nvidia are corrupting the youth and then we can watch the hilarity that will ensue.

May 22, 2003, 01:27 AM	#13
geekbyte Banned Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Matrix Posts: 525	about this nakid dawn

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May 22, 2003, 01:37 AM	#17
Ratchet The Tool Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: The Rock Posts: 10,415	well, I just changed it to a direct link so you shouldn't have any problems now __________________ 7

May 22, 2003, 01:38 AM	#18
Uroboros Radeon HD 4870 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: NYC Posts: 388	Or maybe you just fixed it. Thanx

May 22, 2003, 01:48 AM	#19
Tork64 Rage3D Veteran Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,781	omg this is great Dawn is now property of ATI , use her and abuse her . THANK YOU MIT , smartass's!!!. nice job MrB/ratchet , the dawn site looks very nice __________________ “if it was left to me, I would raise the prices even further." Robert Kotick, Activision Blizzard CEO Last edited by Willy Wonka : May 22, 2003 at 02:36 AM.

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May 22, 2003, 01:54 AM	#21
Someotherdude Rage3D Veteran Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 1,844	Hey, this Nvidia pr0n looks nice with some good quality 4x fsaa applied to it. Runs great on my 9700pro. Bet you those 5800 ultra guys never heard the music on that demo.

May 22, 2003, 02:04 AM	#22
Lone Wolfe Radeon HD 4830 Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 167	now all we need is some true form to get some really really realy nice curves

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May 22, 2003, 02:27 AM	#24
ChrisRay SLIZONE Forum Support Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 3,546	Seems to run fine at 6x AA and 16x AF here. Looks good, best demo I've seen so far __________________ Nvidia User Group Member and SLIZONE administrator: New 3 Way Fermi Ready Rig.

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May 22, 2003, 02:29 AM	#25
Tork64 Rage3D Veteran Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,781	it runs HAH!!! It runs 15% faster than NV30 on the 9800pro, and it also runs faster than NV35 (we are unable to personally confirm this but a user with both cards and FRAPS could). __________________ “if it was left to me, I would raise the prices even further." Robert Kotick, Activision Blizzard CEO Last edited by Willy Wonka : May 22, 2003 at 02:45 AM.

May 22, 2003, 02:31 AM	#26
MatroxFan RIP Matrox Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: In an ISA slot Posts: 1,739	First the Matrox Reef demo and now the nVidia Dawn demo! What's next? Some future DirectX9 demo from SiS? Nice to know MIT engineering students use ATi products.

May 22, 2003, 02:39 AM	#27
DaveM2 Radeon HD 4550 Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 43	Runs even better on my 5900 Ultra (256mb of course) http://www.hardforum.com/showthread....hreadid=612849 I'm Happy with it. Not to say that the 9800 Pro 256mb is slow (its nice too, don't own one though). DaveM

May 22, 2003, 02:57 AM	#28
monkeyboy Radeon HD 4830 Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Calgary, Alberta Posts: 172	Heh, I wanna see the Dusk Demo, never mind the Vulcan one!!! Nice work guys!

May 22, 2003, 02:57 AM	#29
Tork64 Rage3D Veteran Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,781	i love playing with her eyes shes hot. __________________ “if it was left to me, I would raise the prices even further." Robert Kotick, Activision Blizzard CEO

May 22, 2003, 03:01 AM	#30
Clockwork Rage3D Veteran Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 11,695	I doubt anybody cares, but here's a screenshot I took of the demo on my 9700 Pro. 1024x768, 4x AA 16x Quality AF Now if they can only work on a patch for the other demos... __________________

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