AMD 3DNow! Technology Optimized Quake II v3.20, AMD Build 990204 03:20:02
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*** FOR AMD PROCESSORS WITH 3DNOW! TECHNOLOGY

This distribution contains seven files:

- quake2.exe   ... AMD 3DNow! technology optimized Quake II game executable
- ref_glam.dll ... AMD 3DNow! technology optimized Quake II GL refresh
- ref_swam.dll ... AMD 3DNow! technology optimized Quake II software refresh
- 3dfxglam.dll ... AMD 3DNow! technology optimized combo 3Dfx miniGL plus Glide v2.53
- gamex86.dll  ... Quake II v3.20 game DLL
- fxmemmap.vxd ... 3Dfx memory map VxD for Glide v2.5
- 3dnowq2.txt  ... (this file)

Installation
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3DNOWQ2.EXE is a self-extracting Zip archive with a default unzip folder
of c:\quake2. Extract the files into the folder where you installed
Quake II.

If your revision of FXMEMMAP.VXD is dated 2-13-98 or earlier, it should
be updated with the version installed by this release. Check your
windows\system folder to find this file's revision date. If it is an
older revision, copy and paste FXMEMMAP.VXD from your Quake II folder
to the windows\system folder. If you run Quake II and have not updated
this file, you may see the popup message:

 "Expected VxD version 1.4, got 1.2"

It is also possible that later revisions of FXMEMMAP.VXD could be incompatible
with this release. If you experience problems while in 3DNow! 3DfxGL mode only
then try replacing FXMEMMAP.VXD regardless of its revision date.

After completing the installation process, run Quake II as usual from 
the Quake II shortcut in your start menu.

To enable 3DNow! technology optimization, select one of the 3DNow! technology
options from the Quake II video driver menu as follows:

[3DNow! 3DfxGL  ] ... optimized for a Voodoo2 based graphics adapter
[3DNow! OpenGL  ] ... optimized for adapters with OpenGL ICD drivers
[3DNow! software] ... optimized software only rendering

At the time of this release, the Voodoo 2 option implements the most
extensive optimizations for 3DNow! technology.

This release is based on Quake II v3.20.
If you have a later revision of Quake II, check the Quake II FAQ at:

 http://www.amd.com/products/cpg/k623d/quake/q2faq.html

Support
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Support will be provided by AMD only via email.
If you need technical support for this release, send email to: 

 quake2.support@amd.com 

Disclaimer
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*** THIS RELEASE IS NOT SUPPORTED BY ID SOFTWARE OR 3DFX INTERACTIVE.
*** THEY WILL NOT OFFER ANY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

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Additional Note not originally contained in the Readme :

Due to early development status of the contained 3dNow! optimized 3dfxglam.dll
MiniGL, it will not work with Athlon based systems and will generally cause less
performance than current, modern MiniGL's.

Replace the 3dfxglam.dll with :
- V1.47 for AMD K6-2, K6-III or comparable CPU's
- V1.49 for AMD Athlon or comparable CPU's

This will further increase performance and stability on all Systems with maximum
3dNow!-Support and Enhanced 3dNow!-Compatibility playing under 3dfx MiniGL.

Enjoy!
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