i want to know what is an t&l capable card and how can i check if i have that type of card?

Question

i want to know what is an t&l capable card and how can i check if i have that type of card because i have " nVIDIA geforce 5200, 128 MB AGP 350 MHz " someone please help !!!!

the main part of this question focusses on wether or not MY video card is T&L capable !!!! please answer that part !!!

Answer 1

transform and lighting(t+l) is a early type of effect used in such cards as the geforce 4 mmx and the radeon 700 although amost recent cards still have t+l capability
your card,the nvidia geforce 5200 is fully t+l capable,and has pixel and shader model 2.o,for future refernece your card is also vista ready as vista aero requires pixel shader model 2.o and above to work
check the gpu reveiw(http://www.gpureview.com/)for more in-depth analysis of your card,here is yours(http://www.gpureview.com/GeForce-FX-5200-Ultra-card-154.html)
good luck mate

Answer 2

T&L stands for Transform and Lighting. In earlier days, T&L operations were done by the CPU, which limited the game's geometrical complexity quite a bit and limited developers' creativity while creating environments.

A T&L capable card is one that contains two separate engines for Transform and Lighting operations. So the CPU is not stressed with the task of doing T&L operations and developers can create better artificial intelligence and physics using the freed CPU power.

Transform performance determines how complex objects can be and how many can appear in a scene without sacrificing frame rate. Lighting techniques add to a scene's realism by changing the appearance of objects based on light sources.

Sorry, dunno how you check if your card supports T&L, bit I'd guess your 5200 does.