Hardware transform and lighting acceleration?

[Minecraftslave]

So i ran a game and before it did that it gave me a warning that Hardware transform and lighting acceleration will be used. Anyone know what those two mean, and does it harm my computer?

[76561198218426745]

Hardware T&L is an older technology designed to allow your GPU to handle certain things that were formerly handled by the CPU. It will not harm your computer in any way.

[Minecraftslave]

Originally posted by habitualaction:

Hardware T&L is an older technology designed to allow your GPU to handle certain things that were formerly handled by the CPU. It will not harm your computer in any way.

ok, ty for the help

[Cathulhu]

It was introduced in Directx 7.0, which was released in 2000. Every videocard today can handle T&L with ease these days.