I believe Sven Luther and Alan Cox and mentioned that they were thinking about adding DRI support for 3D labs cards at some point. I think Sven did some preliminary work that might be in a branch in the DRI cvs tree. You might want to enquire more on the dri-devel mailing list.
Alex ------------------------------- On Wed 05 Feb 2003 00:31, Alexander Stohr wrote: > > I've also got an ATI Rage128 which I understand has 3D > > support under XFree86. > > This seems to be a bit of a cop-out. I would suspect the GVX1 > > card would be > > far better, once 3D support is working. Also, I CAN use the > > demo from XIG for > > 25 minutes at a time. > > > > I've also put a PCI version of the GVX1 card into my Daughters PC. > > > > So, should I take the easy way and just use the ATI card or > > should I stick > > with the GVX1 card and keep hoping for 3D support? > > For users: > Get what is working today and better dont rely on others. > You wont get any specific promises or time shedules. > If something is really available, then think about > if it is really worth its price. If you arent a CAD > or Design engineer, then 3D often does not pay out. > Maybe a passioned gamer will spent the money, are you? > Fair point for people who want to get up and running and get on with things. My question was: I've got a 3DLabs GVX1 AGP card. This works fine in 2D but I'm really interested in 3D support, especially for this card. I'm only learning C programming at the moment but I've been tossing around an idea for a program that can take advantage of 3D for quite a while. I've also more recently started playing with OpenGL programming as well. Unfortunately, I don't have the skills to hack the pm3 and gamma support for this card, but I'm willing to play with any patches anyone might want tested. I'm in no hurry but would like to encourage work on this card. On the other side, I've also got an ATI Rage128 AGP card. Here is where my current conflict arises. I've only one machine with an AGP slot, my main desktop. If no one is interested in working on this card, then I am wondering if the ATI Rage128 has enough 3D support to make it a much better choice for my desktop that using the GVX1 card in 2D? Personally, I'd rather spend my free time playing with patches and providing some feedback than copping out and using the ATI card. > For developers: > Take what you get and look what you can bring to work > with your limited resources and information on the object. > I am hoping that when I grow up I can be an XFree86 developer too ;-) (I'm only 36 and a half years old) Seriously, I would like to get more involved than just testing and such, but I currently don't have the skills. Someone once told me over a pint (His initials were ERS) That the best way to learn programming was to find a project that you were interested in, and get involved in it. XFree86 is a very big project, but the gamma and pm3 drivers of XFree86 might be a good starting point. > -Alex. Cheers, John Gay __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86