--- Mark Vojkovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 26 Mar 2003, [iso-8859-1] jordan muscott wrote: > > > > > I get the impression that with xfree-4.3 I would > > not have to rely on the binary drivers from > > NVidia in order to get hardware acceleration. Am > > i correct? If so, are there any performance > > comparisons available? > > This card is supported in XFree86 4.3 (and 4.2 as well). > Shortcomings of the "nv" driver included in XFree86 are that > the dualhead feature does not work and only one head can be > used at a time (unlike the binary drivers). Also, there is > no hardware accelerated 3D in the "nv" driver. The > NVIDIA binary drivers have considerably better benchmark > performance for 2D, though real life performance is harder > to determine - it depends on what you are doing. Overall > the "nv" driver should do fairly well with regards to 2D > performance. I maintain the "nv" driver and can address > specific questions if you have them. > > > Mark. >
Ok, thanks for that - it certainly answers my questions for now. Jordan. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
