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List of games with 8-bit paletted texture support

Joseph Joestar — Mon, 25 May 2026 17:20:13 GMT

Added compatibility info for the Intel i810 GPU

List of games with Table Fog support

Joseph Joestar — Mon, 25 May 2026 17:18:32 GMT

Added compatibility info for the Intel i810 GPU

List of games with 8-bit paletted texture support

Joseph Joestar — Mon, 25 May 2026 11:14:34 GMT

Additional references for paletted texture support on 3DFX cards

List of games with Table Fog support

Joseph Joestar — Mon, 25 May 2026 10:03:42 GMT

Additional clarification regarding Radeon cards. Minor tweaks.

List of games with 8-bit paletted texture support

Joseph Joestar — Mon, 25 May 2026 08:26:10 GMT

Formatting adjustments. Minor tweaks.

List of games with Table Fog support

Joseph Joestar — Mon, 25 May 2026 08:23:50 GMT

Added partial table fog support screenshot for comparison purposes. Minor adjustments.

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List of games with Table Fog support

Joseph Joestar — Mon, 25 May 2026 08:07:00 GMT

Split GPU table fog support into proper, partial and none. Adjusted formatting.

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 *[[ATI]] Rage Pro cards<ref>ATI Rage Pro has paletted texture support when older drivers are used [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1244487#p1244487 (report)]</ref>
 *[[ATI]] Rage XL cards<ref>ATI Rage XL has paletted texture support when older drivers are used [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1172520#p1172520 (screenshot)]</ref>
 *[[ATI]] Rage 128 Pro cards<ref>ATI Rage 128 Pro paletted texture support depends on which driver version is used [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1114312#p1114312 (screenshot)]</ref><ref>ATI Rage 128 Pro properly supporting paletted textures when driver version 4.11.6745 is used [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1251084#p1251084 (screenshot)]. See also: [https://www.retrohardware-reviews.de/ati-rage-128-picking-the-right-driver/ ATI Rage 128 – Picking The Right Driver]</ref>
 == Graphics cards which don't support paletted textures ==

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 === Graphics cards with proper table fog support ===
-*[[3dfx]] Voodoo cards (all)<ref>3DFX Voodoo 3 table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=995969#p995969 (screenshot)]</ref>
+*[[3dfx]] Voodoo cards (all)<ref>Source: 3DFX Voodoo Graphics datasheet [https://vgamuseum.info/index.php/cpu/item/1-3dfx-voodoo-1 (PDF)]</ref><ref>3DFX Voodoo 3 table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=995969#p995969 (screenshot)]</ref>
 *[[NVIDIA]] cards (Riva 128 and newer)<ref>NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX400 table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=995969#p995969 (screenshot)]</ref><ref> Source: Implementing Fog in Direct3D, page 10[https://developer.download.nvidia.com/assets/gamedev/docs/Fog2.pdf (PDF)]</ref>
 *[[Matrox]] G4xx and G5xx cards<ref>Matrox G400 table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1018604#p1018604 (screenshot)]</ref><ref>Matrox
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 === Graphics cards with no table tog support ===
-*[[ATI]] Rage Pro cards<ref>ATI Rage Pro missing table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1244714#p1244714 (report)]</ref>
+*[[ATI]] Rage Pro<ref>ATI Rage Pro missing table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1244714#p1244714 (report)]</ref>
-*[[ATI]] Radeon cards<ref>ATI Radeon 9000 Pro missing table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=995969#p995969 (screenshot)]</ref>
+*[[ATI]] Radeon cards<ref>ATi Radeon 9000 Pro missing table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=995969#p995969 (screenshot)]</ref>
 *[[S3]] UniChrome Pro IGP<ref>S3 UniChrome Pro IGP missing table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1091619#p1091619 (screenshot)]</ref>
 *[[3Dlabs]] Permedia 2<ref>Permedia 2 missing table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1083014#p1083014 (screenshot)]</ref>

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 == Graphics cards which support paletted textures ==
-*[[3dfx]] cards<ref>3DFX Voodoo 3 paletted texture support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=995969#p995969 (screenshot)]</ref>
+*[[3dfx]] Voodoo cards (all)<ref>Source: 3DFX Voodoo Graphics datasheet [https://vgamuseum.info/index.php/cpu/item/1-3dfx-voodoo-1 (PDF)]</ref><ref>3DFX Voodoo 3 paletted texture support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=995969#p995969 (screenshot)]</ref>
 *[[NVIDIA]] GeForce 256 through GeForce FX<ref>NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX400 paletted texture support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=995969#p995969 (screenshot)]</ref>
 *[[S3]] Savage4<ref>S3 Savage4 graphics cards seem to support paletted textures when using older driver versions [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1046069#p1046069 (screenshot)]</ref>

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 == Table fog support on various graphics cards ==
-All 3DFX Voodoo cards have proper table fog support, but most other graphics card manufacturers didn't support this feature natively. In most cases, support was either completely missing or implemented through a workaround which made the end result inaccurate. Here's a summary of table fog support on various graphics cards based on community testing.<ref>Source: [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=58930 Table Fog & 8-bit Paletted Textures] (Vogons forum discussion with screenshots)</ref>
+All 3DFX Voodoo cards have proper table fog support, but many other graphics card manufacturers didn't support this feature natively at the time. In most cases, support was either completely missing or implemented through a workaround which made the end result inaccurate. Here's a summary of table fog support on various graphics cards based on community testing.<ref>Source: [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=58930 Table Fog & 8-bit Paletted Textures] (Vogons forum discussion with screenshots)</ref>
 === Graphics cards with proper table fog support ===
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 === Graphics cards with partial (inaccurate) table tog support ===
-*[[ATI]] Rage XL cards<ref>ATi Rage XL appears to have partial, inaccurate table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1172520#p1172520 (screenshot)]</ref>
+*[[ATI]] Rage XL<ref>ATi Rage XL appears to have partial, inaccurate table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1172520#p1172520 (screenshot)]</ref>
-*[[ATI]] Rage 128/Pro cards<ref>ATi Rage 128/Pro cards appear to have partial, inaccurate table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1114312#p1114312 (screenshot)]. The degree of table fog functionality on these cards depends on which driver version is used. See also: [https://www.retrohardware-reviews.de/ati-rage-128-picking-the-right-driver/ ATI Rage 128 – Picking The Right Driver]</ref>
+*[[ATI]] Rage 128/Pro<ref>ATi Rage 128/Pro cards appear to have partial, inaccurate table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1114312#p1114312 (screenshot)]. The degree of table fog functionality on these cards depends on which driver version is used. See also: [https://www.retrohardware-reviews.de/ati-rage-128-picking-the-right-driver/ ATI Rage 128 – Picking The Right Driver]</ref>
 *[[S3]] Savage4<ref>S3 Savage4 table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1046069#p1046069 (screenshot)]</ref><ref>Savage4 Graphics/Video Accelerator Family Hardware Reference [http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/cpu/item/375-s3-savage4-pro (datasheet)]</ref>
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 *[[Matrox]] Millennium II <ref>Matrox Millennium II missing table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1093904#p1093904 (screenshot)]</ref>
-Note: Under Windows 98, partial table fog support on ATI Radeon cards can be enabled via [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1057161#p1057161 registry tweaks]. On Windows XP, proper table fog support is available on some Radeon cards (R300 and newer) when Catalyst drivers version [http://vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fileid=1931&menustate=0 7.11] (or newer) are used [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1049732#p1049732 (screenshots)]. On more current Windows versions, table fog is still supported, but in most cases, it is disabled due to driver bugs, and can be restored by using certain wrappers.
+Note: Under Windows 98, partial (inaccurate) table fog support on ATi Radeon cards can be enabled via [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1057161#p1057161 registry tweaks]. On Windows XP, proper (fully accurate) table fog support is available on some Radeon cards (R300 series and newer) when Catalyst drivers version [http://vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fileid=1931&menustate=0 7.11] (or newer) are used [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1049732#p1049732 (screenshots)]. On more current Windows versions, table fog is still supported, but in most cases, it is disabled due to driver bugs, and can be restored by using certain wrappers.
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-===== Paletted texture effect summary =====
+== Paletted texture feature summary ==
 A paletted texture is defined by giving both a palette of colors and a set of image data which is composed of indices into the palette. The paletted texture cannot function properly without both pieces of information so it increases the work required to define a texture. This is offset by the fact that the overall amount of texture data can be reduced dramatically by factoring redundant information out of the logical view of the texture and placing it in the palette. This reduction in space required is particularly important for hardware accelerators where texture space is limited.
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 Paletted textures also allow use of all the palette tricks developed for paletted displays. Simple animation can be done, along with strobing, glowing and other palette-cycling effects.  All of these techniques can enhance the visual richness of a scene with very little data.<ref>J. Kilgard, Mark, (March 24, 2004), NVIDIA Corporation, NVIDIA <code>EXT_paletted_texture</code> specification [https://www.khronos.org/registry/OpenGL/extensions/EXT/EXT_paletted_texture.txt (link)]</ref>
-===== Graphics cards which support paletted textures =====
+== Graphics cards which support paletted textures ==
 *[[3dfx]] cards<ref>3DFX Voodoo 3 paletted texture support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=995969#p995969 (screenshot)]</ref>
 *[[NVIDIA]] GeForce 256 through GeForce FX<ref>NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX400 paletted texture support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=995969#p995969 (screenshot)]</ref>
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 *[[ATI]] Rage 128 Pro cards<ref>ATI Rage 128 Pro paletted texture support depends on which driver version is used [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1114312#p1114312 (screenshot)]</ref><ref>ATI Rage 128 Pro properly supporting paletted textures when driver version 4.11.6745 is used [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1251084#p1251084 (screenshot)]. See also: [https://www.retrohardware-reviews.de/ati-rage-128-picking-the-right-driver/ ATI Rage 128 – Picking The Right Driver]</ref>
-===== Graphics cards which don't support paletted textures =====
+== Graphics cards which don't support paletted textures ==
 *[[ATI]] Radeon cards<ref>ATI Radeon 9000 Pro missing paletted texture support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1018048#p1018048 (screenshot)]</ref>
 *[[Matrox]] G4xx cards<ref>Matrox G400 missing paletted texture support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1018604#p1018604 (screenshot)]</ref>
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 *[[S3]] UniChrome Pro IGP<ref>S3 UniChrome Pro IGP missing paletted texture support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1091619#p1091619 (screenshot)]</ref>
-===== Paletted texture use in games =====
+== Paletted texture use in games ==
 How games make use of paletted textures depends entirely on developer intent. In some cases, paletted textures are used to render additional effects, thereby increasing the graphical fidelity of such games. In other cases, paletted textures are used as a means to improve game performance, but this sometimes causes a reduction of visual quality. Additional details are presented below.
-===== List of games which use paletted textures to increase visual quality =====
+=== List of games which use paletted textures to increase visual quality ===
 *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driver_(video_game) Driver] (1999)<ref>Driver configuration utility [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1119901#p1119901 (screenshot)]</ref><ref>Driver gameplay video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHUquneKSak (YouTube clip)]</ref>
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 |}
-===== List of games which use paletted textures to reduce visual quality =====
+=== List of games which use paletted textures to reduce visual quality ===
 *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingpin:_Life_of_Crime Kingpin: Life of Crime] (1999)<ref>Kingpin video options menu, manual and skybox [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1122385#p1122385 (screenshots)]</ref>
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 |}
-===== List of games which use paletted textures to improve performance =====
+=== List of games which use paletted textures to improve performance ===
 *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daikatana Daikatana] (2000)<ref>Daikatana in-game console output [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1389562#p1389562 (screenshot)]</ref>

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-===== Table fog effect summary =====
+== Table fog effect summary ==
-Fog is a special effect that is used to blend a scene into a predefined color to give the impression that "fog" is present in the scene. Fog is usually implemented as it appears in the physical world. The farther the objects are, the more they are obscured by fog. Objects that are close to the observer are clearer.
+Fog is a special effect that is used to blend a scene into a predefined color to give the impression that "fog" is present in the scene. Fog is usually implemented as it appears in the physical world. The farther the objects are, the more they are obscured by fog. Objects that are close to the observer are clearer. Table fog, also called pixel fog, is calculated independent of vertices. Ideally, fog is calculated on a pixel basis, but many device drivers emulate this feature in software with vertex fog values. It is called table fog because traditionally tables have been used to look up fog values. The RIVA 128, RIVA128ZX and the RIVA TNT all emulate table fog using vertex based fog. The GeForce 256 supports table fog in hardware.<ref>Rogers, D. (January 11, 2000), NVIDIA Corporation, Implementing Fog in Direct3D, [https://developer.download.nvidia.com/assets/gamedev/docs/Fog2.pdf (PDF)]</ref><ref>White, S. et al. (January 6, 2021), Microsoft Corporation, Pixel Fog (Direct3D 9), [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/direct3d9/pixel-fog (link)]</ref>
-Table fog, also called pixel fog, is calculated independent of vertices. Ideally, fog is calculated on a pixel basis, but many device drivers emulate this feature in software with vertex fog values. It is called table fog because traditionally tables have been used to look up fog values. The RIVA 128, RIVA128ZX and the RIVA TNT all emulate table fog using vertex based fog. The GeForce 256 supports table fog in hardware.<ref>Rogers, D. (January 11, 2000), NVIDIA Corporation, Implementing Fog in Direct3D, [https://developer.download.nvidia.com/assets/gamedev/docs/Fog2.pdf (PDF)]</ref><ref>White, S. et al. (January 6, 2021), Microsoft Corporation, Pixel Fog (Direct3D 9), [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/direct3d9/pixel-fog (link)]</ref>
+== Table fog support on various graphics cards ==
-===== Graphics cards which support table fog =====
+=== Graphics cards with proper table fog support ===
-*[[3dfx]] cards<ref>3DFX Voodoo 3 table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=995969#p995969 (screenshot)]</ref>
+*[[3dfx]] Voodoo cards (all)<ref>3DFX Voodoo 3 table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=995969#p995969 (screenshot)]</ref>
-*[[NVIDIA]] cards<ref>NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX400 table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=995969#p995969 (screenshot)]</ref>
+*[[NVIDIA]] cards (Riva 128 and newer)<ref>NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX400 table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=995969#p995969 (screenshot)]</ref>
 *[[Matrox]] G4xx and G5xx cards<ref>Matrox G400 table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1018604#p1018604 (screenshot)]</ref><ref>Matrox
 MGA-G400 Specification [http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/cpu/item/213-matrox-mga-g400-millennium-g400-sh-max (datasheet)]</ref><ref>Matrox G550 Chip Specifications [http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/cpu/item/217-matrox-millennium-g550 (datasheet)]</ref>
-*[[PowerVR]] cards<ref>Kyro table fog support [http://old.vgamuseum.info/home/959-st-kyro-ii.html (datasheet)]</ref>
+*[[PowerVR]] Kyro<ref>Kyro table fog support [http://old.vgamuseum.info/home/959-st-kyro-ii.html (datasheet)]</ref>
-*[[S3]] Savage4 cards<ref>S3 Savage4 table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1046069#p1046069 (screenshot)]</ref><ref>Savage4 Graphics/Video Accelerator Family Hardware Reference [http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/cpu/item/375-s3-savage4-pro (datasheet)]</ref>
+*[[S3]] Savage4<ref>S3 Savage4 table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1046069#p1046069 (screenshot)]</ref><ref>Savage4 Graphics/Video Accelerator Family Hardware Reference [http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/cpu/item/375-s3-savage4-pro (datasheet)]</ref>
 *[[ATI]] Rage XL cards<ref>ATi Rage XL appears to have partial, inaccurate table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1172520#p1172520 (screenshot)]</ref>
 *[[ATI]] Rage 128/Pro cards<ref>ATi Rage 128/Pro cards appear to have partial, inaccurate table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1114312#p1114312 (screenshot)]. The degree of table fog functionality on these cards depends on which driver version is used. See also: [https://www.retrohardware-reviews.de/ati-rage-128-picking-the-right-driver/ ATI Rage 128 – Picking The Right Driver]</ref>
-===== Graphics cards which don't support table tog =====
+=== Graphics cards with no table tog support ===
 *[[ATI]] Radeon cards<ref>ATI Radeon 9000 Pro missing table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=995969#p995969 (screenshot)]</ref>
 *[[S3]] UniChrome Pro IGP<ref>S3 UniChrome Pro IGP missing table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1091619#p1091619 (screenshot)]</ref>
 *[[3Dlabs]] Permedia 2<ref>Permedia 2 missing table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1083014#p1083014 (screenshot)]</ref>
 *[[Matrox]] Millennium II <ref>Matrox Millennium II missing table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1093904#p1093904 (screenshot)]</ref>
-Note: Under Windows 98, partial table fog support on ATI Radeon cards can be enabled via [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1057161#p1057161 registry tweaks]. Since Windows XP, full table fog support becomes available when Catalyst drivers version [http://vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fileid=1931&menustate=0 7.11] or newer are used [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1049732#p1049732 (screenshots)]. On more current Windows versions, table fog is still supported but in most cases, it is disabled due to driver bugs, and can be restored by using certain wrappers.
+Note: Under Windows 98, partial table fog support on ATI Radeon cards can be enabled via [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1057161#p1057161 registry tweaks]. On Windows XP, proper table fog support is available on some Radeon cards (R300 and newer) when Catalyst drivers version [http://vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fileid=1931&menustate=0 7.11] (or newer) are used [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1049732#p1049732 (screenshots)]. On more current Windows versions, table fog is still supported, but in most cases, it is disabled due to driver bugs, and can be restored by using certain wrappers.
-===== Games which use table fog =====
+{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
 *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insane_(2000_video_game) 1nsane] (2000)<ref>1nsane Ireland Morning Practice Free Roam [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1185651#p1185651 (screenshot)]</ref>
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 Note: This list is incomplete. It merely shows the currently known games for which table fog use has been confirmed by testing. These games show visual differences on graphics cards that don't support table fog.
 ==Related links==