Chico, Calif., May 26, 2004 --
SciTech Software, Inc. today announced the highly anticipated release of
SciTech GLDirect 5.0, a totally new version of
its popular 3D enhancement utility, with advanced support for the latest DX9
compatible hardware and improved performance for older DX 8.x hardware. SciTech
GLDirect 5.0 utilizes a high-speed translation layer that is the world’s
most powerful OpenGL to DX9 compatible driver available. This new release also
includes an improved DX8 driver, that once again provides for improved performance
and compatibility on older graphics hardware when compared to earlier versions.
The
new high speed translation engine found only in SciTech
GLDirect 5.0 allows
users to run games and CAD applications based on the
OpenGL API using their
graphics cards DirectX drivers at speeds and levels of compatibility never
before thought possible. SciTech GLDirect 5.0’s new translation engine
not only provides improvements to the over all performance of the product but
opens the door for a host of future enhancements and performance gains previously
thought impossible.
"SciTech GLDirect 5.0 offers a truly incredible performance
boost to CAD applications where wire frame rendering speeds are of the utmost
importance,
in these cases and on modern hardware such as ATI’s 9800 XT, the new
translation engine found in SciTech GLDirect 5.0 out performs the hardware
manufacturer’s own ICD driver on industry standard benchmarks” said
Andrew Bloo, Director of Sales and Marketing for SciTech Software Inc. “On
games like Quake the new engine provides true to life performance, a high level
of detail, and still provides amazing compatibility on a wide range of other
popular games”, he added.
The latest version of SciTech GLDirect supports
a wide range of Windows compatible hardware devices and has been designed and
tested to provided and enhanced
user experience on the latest versions of Windows, including Windows XP.
SciTech GL Direct 5.0 New and Enhanced Features:
SciTech GL Direct DX9 driver provides
life-like performance for OpenGL-based games and applications, including
all versions of Quake, Soldier of Fortune 2 and many others.
New OpenGL to DX9 high-speed translation layer, provides
exceptional performance and compatibility.
Improved support for DX7 and later compatible hardware, allowing the
use of wider variety of games and applications.
SciTech GLDirect adds a far greater level of modeling performance for
3D CAD and modeling applications such as AutoCAD 2000, 3D Studio Max, and
many
others.
New High-speed wire frame rendering engine easily handles the largest
models you can throw at it – with incredible speed and accuracy.
Fully functional trial versions of SciTech’s end user products
are available for download at http://www.scitechsoft.com. Developer tools such
as SciTech
SNAP™ SDK’s, DDk’s, and drivers are available directly from
SciTech. Visit our website or contact sales@scitechsoft.com to learn how SciTech
can make device support concerns a thing of the past.
About SciTech GLDirect SciTech GLDirect for Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP allows users
to run games and CAD applications based on the OpenGL API using their graphics
cards DirectX
drivers. It accomplishes this by enabling OpenGL based games and applications
to access 3D hardware acceleration through the Direct3D drivers provided by
your graphics hardware manufacturer. The OpenGL API is the cross-platform,
high performance standard for 3D graphics applications.
About SciTech SciTech Software, Inc. is a leading supplier of PC graphics
utilities, drivers, and tools for the embedded, industrial and enterprise markets.
SciTech's products
include, SciTech SNAP Graphics, a fully accelerated binary compatible graphic
device driver solution, SciTech GLDirect, an OpenGL to Direct3D driver and
SciTech MGL, a professional graphics library used to develop some of today's
most popular software programs. SciTech products supports Windows, Linux,
OS/2, DOS, Qt/Embedded, and On Time RTOS-32 operating systems. SciTech is privately
held and the company's web address is http://www.scitechsoft.com
