On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: >Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 16:40:09 -0500 >From: Noah L. Meyerhans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; > protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="EmDgyYu839ff8lqi" >List-Id: An all-purpose XFree86 discussion forum <xpert.XFree86.Org> >Subject: 3d accelleration support > >I'll admit that I don't pay super close attention, but it seems to me >that there's a growing trend among the top 3d chipset makers to provide >their own proprietary accellerated drivers for XFree86. ATI and NVidia >are the two examples I can think of, and it seems like they're the best >3d chipset makers. > >I'm still using an older 3dfx Voodoo3 because I know that the full >programming specs are available and I can get open source accellerated >drivers for it. If I were to replace this card with another 3d card, >what would be a safe chipset to select if I want to stick with >open source drivers?
For Red Hat Linux 8.0 - ATI Radeon 7500. Or, if you can live without 3D until the next release, or until it is fully working in rawhide - an ATI Radeon 8500 -- Mike A. Harris ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris OS Systems Engineer - XFree86 maintainer - Red Hat _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
