Arnt Karlsen writes:
> .Jacek, Cameroon and Curt, it appears I have a mean
> combination of poorly supported video card and Red Hat
> Linux 7.1. According to ATI, mach64 is not on ATI's
> "todo list", not even for wintendo. Xfree86.org and
> the DRI-people are looking for people who can do mach64
> acceleration.
I've seen new 32Mb GeForce2 MX cards advertised for less than $90 USD
recently. You could probably get one for substantially less if you
hunted around. I know that's not an option for everyone, but for
those that are struggling with an older, slower, smaller, less than
well supported video card, you will be amazed at what a difference a
GeForce card (or equivalent) will make. Note, I'm not specifically
trying to sell GeForce cards, it's just that for Linux, these appear
to be currently the best supported, best running 3d cards available.
> ""�yvind Hagen\" \"" wrote in norwegian, and I translated:
> >
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Arnt Karlsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> > > ..how much texture memory do you feel a flightsim needs,
> > > out of my 8 MB vram, as a starting point?
>
> ..here I'd like input on FlightGear requirements
I've recently run FlightGear with a 12Mb Voodoo2 card, but I wouldn't
recommend anything less than that. I doubt an 8 Mb card would work
(or at least not work well.) I'd recommend a 16Mb TNT2 or Voodoo3 as
a minimum card, although there are limitations/artifacts with the
16bit Voodoo3 that you don't have to endure if you get a 32bit TNT[2]
or GeForce card.
Regards,
Curt.
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