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Games that require paletted texture support in order to start, or show visual differences on hardware that doesn't support this feature:
 
Games that require paletted texture support in order to start, or show visual differences on hardware that doesn't support this feature:
  
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_VII Final Fantasy VII] (1998)<ref>The unpatched retail version of Final Fantasy VII will not allow Direct3D acceleration on graphics cards which don't support paletted textures [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1017839#p1017839 (screenshot)]</ref>
 
 
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Air_War European Air War] (1998)
 
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Air_War European Air War] (1998)
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_VII Final Fantasy VII] (1998)<ref>The unpatched retail version of Final Fantasy VII will not allow Direct3D acceleration on graphics cards which don't support paletted textures [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1017839#p1017839 (screenshot)]</ref>
 
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_VIII Final Fantasy VIII] (2000)<ref>Final Fantasy VIII options menu [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1018048#p1018048 (screenshot)]</ref>
 
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_VIII Final Fantasy VIII] (2000)<ref>Final Fantasy VIII options menu [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1018048#p1018048 (screenshot)]</ref>
  
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| [[File:Paletted_Textures_3DFX.jpg|200px|left|thumb|Proper paletted texture support on a 3DFX Voodoo 3 2000]] || [[File:Paletted_Textures_ATI.jpg|200px|left|thumb|Missing paletted texture support on an ATI Radeon 9000 Pro]]
 
| [[File:Paletted_Textures_3DFX.jpg|200px|left|thumb|Proper paletted texture support on a 3DFX Voodoo 3 2000]] || [[File:Paletted_Textures_ATI.jpg|200px|left|thumb|Missing paletted texture support on an ATI Radeon 9000 Pro]]

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Hardware support:


Games that require paletted texture support in order to start, or show visual differences on hardware that doesn't support this feature:


Additionally, certain games can optionally use paletted textures to improve rendering performance, but do not require them in order to run, and don't show any visual differences on hardware which doesn't support this feature. Examples include:


Note: both of these lists are incomplete. They merely show the currently known games for which paletted texture use has been confirmed by testing.

Paletted texture support comparison (Final Fantasy VIII)
Proper paletted texture support on a 3DFX Voodoo 3 2000
Missing paletted texture support on an ATI Radeon 9000 Pro

Related links

References

  1. 3DFX Voodoo 3 paletted texture support (screenshot)
  2. NVIDIA EXT_shared_texture_palette specification (link)
  3. NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX400 paletted texture support (screenshot)
  4. S3 Savage4 graphics cards seem to support paletted textures when using older driver versions (screenshot)
  5. Trident Blade3D graphics cards seem to support paletted textures (screenshot)
  6. The unpatched retail version of Final Fantasy VII will not allow Direct3D acceleration on graphics cards which don't support paletted textures (screenshot)
  7. Final Fantasy VIII options menu (screenshot)
  8. Quake II options menu (screenshot)
  9. Forsaken options menu (screenshot)