I recently purchased a Diamond Viper 2 card. The S3 chipset makes use of the compressed textures on the second UT CD which make the game look fantastic! It's as if a camera operator suddenly pulled focus on the game and now there is detail present I never imagined possible. The downside to the Viper is several visual anomalies which are described in detail on the following site:
http://www.sharkyextreme.com/hardware/articles/s2k_indepth/
However, none of these are as annoying as one which isn't mentioned - black skies! In some custom UT maps such as CTF-Conquest the lower portion of the sky (from the horizon up) is just a black block with a straight line separating it from the clouds or whatever. Does anyone else have this problem or know how to get around it with the current S3 drivers?
http://www.sharkyextreme.com/hardware/articles/s2k_indepth/
However, none of these are as annoying as one which isn't mentioned - black skies! In some custom UT maps such as CTF-Conquest the lower portion of the sky (from the horizon up) is just a black block with a straight line separating it from the clouds or whatever. Does anyone else have this problem or know how to get around it with the current S3 drivers?