On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Tom Brinkman uttered these words of wisdom: > I've got the same hardware as the original poster. 1.4 Tbird (oc'd to >1.55), 512MB RAM, NVidia GeForce2 DDR. Never had a problem as was >described, I normally don't use the closed source nvidia crap. Tho I >have tested them (3123) as recently as a few days ago. Even compiled a >'sacrifice' kernel so that my regular one (2.4.19-16k7, LM 9.0) >couldn't be tainted. The only problem I did have was gettin nvidia's >B$ uninstalled (drivers were compiled from their src.rpms). > > The XFree 'nv' driver does support 3d accel as of XF 4.2.1. It >appears this is due to some help from VA Linux and SGI. Back to the >untainted kernel and the 'nv' driver,
Why all the bad words about nvidia? I'm using their drivers for my GeForce3 card and it works great - no problem at all setting it up or using it. I love my q3a and rtcw (3d games) - which both work without a hitch. Is there something better out there? Let me know, eh? Mike -- Michael Holt Banning, CA (o_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (o_ (o_ //\ www.holt-tech.net (/)_ (/)_ V_/_ www.mandrake.com ============================================================<
