Re: Direct3D 7 antialiasing triangle strips

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Why are you using Direct3D 7?

Well spotted... the reason is due to compatibility. The end product
has to run on a wide variety of machines, including laptops with pants
graphics cards and maches that could well be 8 years old!

Our customers would scream loudly if we insisted they had to have
brand-spanking new graphics cards.
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