Yes, you read correctly. No need to disable T&L - and more importantly: NO MORE LOW-RES GRAPHICS!
We all know that the problem with ugly graphics had something to do with RRT3 not recognizing correctly more than maybe 256 or 512 MB of video memory. When pressing CONTROL-5 my computer said, still a while ago, that I had a *negative* amount of video memory available in my computer. A reason good enough for the game to turn on the lowest resolution textures, etc...
Now I'm playing a huge scenario with no problems at all. To be sure, I just pressed Control-5 - and for the first time, I saw this message:
- Running in 32 bit mode
- Using 32-bit z-buffer
- Total video system memory 743.00 MB
- Available video system memory 743.00 MB (!!!)
So, it was NOT about RRT3 not understanding the modern graphics cards! It was something about Windows Vista and/or 7 OR about drivers, in the end.
Maybe it's the latest W7 compatibility updates (there have been several lately) - or maybe it's the latest AMD Catalyst drivers - or both. I don't know. But what I know is this: for the first time ever, RRT3/TM now works just perfectly in my 64-bit Windows 7 workstation with its AMD Radeon HD 5770 1 GB VRAM graphics.
