{"id":140,"date":"2023-08-19T10:38:22","date_gmt":"2023-08-19T09:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/?p=140"},"modified":"2023-09-07T10:12:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T09:12:27","slug":"installing-glsetup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/installing-glsetup\/","title":{"rendered":"Installing &#038; Using Open GL&#8217;s GLsetup.exe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_80 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/installing-glsetup\/#What_is_glsetupexe\" >What is glsetup.exe?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/installing-glsetup\/#OpenGL_graphics_drivers_and_performance\" >OpenGL, graphics drivers and performance<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/installing-glsetup\/#glsetup_and_correct_OpenGL_driver_support\" >glsetup and correct OpenGL driver support<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/installing-glsetup\/#Problems_with_OpenGL_and_graphics_cards\" >Problems with OpenGL and graphics cards<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/installing-glsetup\/#OpenGL_glsetup_first_generation_GForce_and_Radeon_cards\" >OpenGL, glsetup, first generation GForce and Radeon cards<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/installing-glsetup\/#Conclusions\" >Conclusions<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color:#FFF4E8; border:1px solid #C60; padding:1%; color:#C00\"><i>The  article below was originally published some time ago and now remains online as an informational resource and archive.<\/i><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>glsetup.exe<\/b> is <i><b>not<\/b> usually required<\/i> for computers running the latest Windows operating systems, i.e. <b>Windows XP<\/b>, <b>Windows Vista<\/b> or <b>Windows 7<\/b>, because  hardware necessary to run those operating systems tends to have much better or complete graphic driver support for Open GL specifications, meaning that <b>glsetup.exe is obsolete<\/b> and should only really be necessary when using Windows 95, 98 &amp; 98SE based systems when used in conjunction with older graphics card hardware.<\/p>\n<p>Although this article has been updated slightly it should be noted that it was originally written  when Quake 3 was published c.1999\/2000 so is now considered obsolete where  modern computers and Operating Systems are employed on gaming PCs as outlined above.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_glsetupexe\"><\/span>What is glsetup.exe?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b>Open GL setup<\/b> (glsetup.exe) was a third party device driver service  that provided &#8216;support&#8217;  for the Open GL rendering system (API) that powered games  in the late 1990&#8217;s and early 2000&#8217;s when there were a number of  ways to render  content to screen, depending on which brand of graphics card was used. Whilst a number of them had proprietary systems, Open GL was considered a useful &#8216;cross-platform&#8217; language and so was supported by most graphics card manufacturers. However, &#8220;support&#8221; didn&#8217;t always means &#8220;supply&#8221; so there was a need for a third party application to provide drivers that recognised and installed the appropriate OpenGL based material for a given graphics card. More often than not, it was supplied on CD&#8217;s used to install purchased games.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"OpenGL_graphics_drivers_and_performance\"><\/span>OpenGL, graphics drivers and performance<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>When openGL drivers are used they make a <i>noticeable  difference<\/i> to Quake 3&#8217;s performance than the &#8216;default&#8217; graphics card drivers as supplied with and when the the game is installed. For example, when  compared to a games machine that had a  classic <b>Voodoo3 2000<\/b> in place (16MB), the default drivers (dated 13-07-99) supplied on the VooDoos driver CD don&#8217;t run q3 very well at all &#8211; missing polygons, transparent surfaces and generally a bad visual experience. As an aside, the default drivers did seem to affect the connection quality to the internet when using a dial up modem device.<\/p>\n<p>Installing and updating  to the latest available drivers with glsetup, at the time (dated 07-05-2000), meant that most of the  graphics problems disappeared after a little fiddling around with  Quake 3&#8217;s main game settings. Oddly, the new glsetup drivers adversely affected the modems connection to the net!.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"glsetup_and_correct_OpenGL_driver_support\"><\/span>glsetup and correct OpenGL driver support<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Installing the GLSetup drivers do make a hell of a difference, the game is so much more stable than before and there are no texture\/polygon\/drawing problems. The GLSetup on the Q3A disc I&#8217;ve got is now &#8216;old&#8217; so it&#8217;s best to follow the link to the web site and down load the latest &#8216;installer&#8217; which when executed will install the latest openGL drivers for your specific graphics card, it does this over the net mind, so if your using a 28\/33\/56k modem it may take some time to do; total installation is about 5MB for all the various files needed.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a must to run this really as graphics card manufacturers don&#8217;t seem to update their own drivers too often, usually the graphics card drivers supplied on the products installation CD <i><b>are<\/b><\/i> the latest drivers!<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Problems_with_OpenGL_and_graphics_cards\"><\/span>Problems with OpenGL and graphics cards<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Graphic card drivers are an area where you either have problems or you don&#8217;t, there doesn&#8217;t seem to be a &#8216;happy middle ground&#8217; with them. The Voodoo&#8217;s generally can handle q3 quite well without the GLSetup drivers but, and as an example, a friend (yes I do have a life outside of Quake&#8230;! as do we all..!) is currently running a Voodoo3 <i>3000<\/i> using the Voodoo3 <i>2000<\/i> drivers because of the bad Q3A performance he gets from the 3000&#8217;s drivers [<i>what he actually said was he had to install the V3 3000 using the 2000 drivers, he then &#8216;updates&#8217; these drivers with the 3000&#8217;s (<\/i>Control Panel \u00bb My Computer \u00bb System Properties \u00bb Device Manager \u00bb Display Adapters &#8211; click the &#8216;driver&#8217; tab<i>). He can&#8217;t install the card using the original V3 3000 drivers, it does what was described above- missing polygons\/textures, transparent surfaces etc..<\/i>], this might be down to all sorts of things, motherboard BIOS\/drivers\/support, AGP drivers, PCI bus drivers, IR. conflicts, BMA conflicts, hardware conflicts etc., etc. I think you get the picture..! It doesn&#8217;t take much to throw a system out of whack.<\/p>\n<p>Some cards really do need the GLSetup, one in particular is the Diamond Stealth s540 (I have one of these in another system), it won&#8217;t have it at all! Whether this is down to the chipset, the S3 Savage4, or the card I don&#8217;t know, but it definitely needs the GLSetup to be run to get good Q3A game performance. Once done it&#8217;s fine, it actually give better colour then the Voodoo but it doesn&#8217;t have the sharpness or the speed.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"OpenGL_glsetup_first_generation_GForce_and_Radeon_cards\"><\/span>OpenGL, glsetup, first generation GForce and Radeon cards<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Two cards I&#8217;m dying to get my sticky mitts on are the <a href=\"ati-graphics-card.php\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">ATI Radeon chipset card<\/a> and the GForce chipset cards. I&#8217;ve been reliably informed that the GForce card itself is good but the drivers aren&#8217;t too hot on NT platform&#8230; mmmm. Worth investigating.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusions\"><\/span>Conclusions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Maybe it&#8217;s me, and I am a little fussy at times, I expect a graphics card to run a game like q3 straight out of the box, I don&#8217;t especially expect to have to install further drivers to get it all working.. Ah well, one can only q3dream..!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,173],"tags":[78,17,80,77,79,35,52],"class_list":["post-140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-misc","tag-glsetup-exe","tag-idtech","tag-install","tag-opengl","tag-quake-3","tag-uninstall","tag-voodoo3"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions\/157"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}