Carmack On Next-Gen

April 24, 2001 6:41 AM

John Carmack was kind enough to share what he feels is the 'next step' in 3D visuals for graphics/videocards at VE. His position hasnt really changed much in a while. Here's word from The Carmack:

My critical issue list has stayed constant for a while:
- Higher precision color formats.
- Solving the temporary problem.
- Flexible dependent texture reads.
- Virtualized graphics address space.

I am confident that we will be getting 64 bit color formats in some cards next year

John Carmack

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