Purpose: To speedup Voodoo and Voodoo   3dfx / OpenGL gaming based games and video boards

Author Contact: alexkowalski@inetnow.net

Installation: Unzip and Run it from anywhere on Windows95/98 or NT 4.0 with Sp#3

To Whom it may concern,

To USE THIS PROGRAM:
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1.) You need Windows NT 4.0 or better with Service Pack #3 ( Some systems may need to apply the
     Microsoft Common Control update contained inside as 40comupd.exe. If it fails to load or DrWatson
     errors out, then apply the controls update, reboot and then the program will run fine)

2.) Unzip and run it from anywhere on your system

3.) and of course, you need a love of OpenGL gaming / 3dfx gaming

Why I wrote it
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	I am an NT user who loves GLQuake, Quake II, and Hexen II / GLHexen... and I am alone, right?  Now way!  I was reading the information given to users at www.3dfxmania.com on how to "overclock" your 3dfx boards and drivers thru software parameter tuneability of drivers for boards like Diamond Monster 3d.  I used the settings and indeed, things sped up drastically... only problem was, it was a manually done pain in the behind... Computers were designed to automate things, not make them complex... read on.

	Being a Win32 Senior Software Engineer, I decided to design one that was better than anyone else's out there for NT.  NT does a better job of everything including OpenGL and 3dFx.  I began to see tweakers for this stuff, but it was not up to my standards... things like batch file generators or programs only for autoexec.bat and DOS/Windows95.  Nothing for NT... Well, the wait is over...

	The APK 3dFX Tuning Engine for NT is here!  It directly poles the Environment in NT Memory thru the Win32 API and pokes it back to place the settings into memory for instant use.  Not only that, but it places those settings there for future reuse and allows tuning on the fly of all settings for 3dFX and OpenGL enhanced boards and drivers!  Created with Borland Delphi 3.0 32-bit code and the Win32 API for speed and performance!

	It also includes a Quake Help file with all the necessary settings for GLQuake and also many error trappers and redundancies for checking your settings.  It allows you to reboot NT also after making changes should you wish to, or list all your System information for reference for helping you make your tuning decisions.

Enjoy, hope to see you on QuakeWorld Sometime...

APK   (Alexander Peter Kowalski)