On Fri, 29 Mar 2002 18:02:30 +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Simon Fowler) wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Thu, Mar 28, 2002 at 10:29:13PM -0800, Alex Perry wrote: > > > ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC AGP (rev 122), 8 MB vram. > > > > PCI id is 1002:4757 or 1002:475a according to > > http://pciids.sourceforge.net/iii/?s=1&i=1002 > > > > According to the X headers (in the GLX source tree) that is a GW or > > GZ chip. The Utah-GLX project, from CVS, does not accelerate this > > under XFree86 3.3.x > > > > Currently, it is my understanding that the Mach64 is only > > accelerated for 2D under Xfree86 version 4.x using the DRI as part > > of released drivers. > > > The mach64 DRI 3d driver is under active development at the moment - > it's working, I believe, and actually working fairly well . . . ..so, on the Mesa gear demo, I should get like 1500fps on my 200MHz box and over 2000 fps once I have accelleration on my 450MHz box? > See http://dri.sf.net - you may have to run the DRI cvs tree for > this, and upgrade to XFree86 4.2, but it's not too hard . . . Not > much harder than running plib/SimGear/FlightGear from cvs. ..explains part of why my 200 box beat my 450 on framerates, ~1 v 1/7th, the 200 ran FG on Mandrake 8.2 with XFree86-4.2. > > Therefore, in conclusion, I suggest buying a new video card ... > > > Considering how cheaply you can get modern, well supported cards, > this might be the best option . . . > > Simon ..thanks, will do over Easter. Which one (agp) fits my 450 box the best? -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
