On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 23:11:39 +1300 Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 20:17:35 +1300 > Peter Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Chris > > > > i've been considering doing something like this myself but was stalled > > wondering about the GeForce card(s) - as in don't they use an nvidia > > chipset& doesn't this present problems/hassles for linux users who > > want to get full use of the card(3D acceleration wise)? > > I say what???? nvidia drivers may be closed source, but they have > excellent linux suport. > jump in here i was referring to the hassles of actually getting the things to run. i'd deliberatly not made any mention to or about anything to do with closed or opensource. and the thing is that linux users do have problems with that chipset, just as they consistently have problems with some harddrives, some ram, & some motherboards. regardless the fact remains that after spending several times several hours looking into this i am still unable to decide whether it'd be worthwhile forking out ~$100 for a geforce4 given that i may not be any the better off graphiclly than i am now. why? because no where out there is there any kind of consensus on how to get the best from these cards in an easy 1 2 3 kind of way. > I have a lot of time i wish i did :( ....snip........ > sounds pretty positive to me. anyone got anything better in the 3d > graphics line? > well actully i was also looking at the ati radeon since the dri guys seem to have got just about everything working for those cards, up to and including the 9200 i think. and blessedly there seems to be little confusion(in my mind) about getting them to run so i may end up using one of these yet. has anyone heard much of anything about these? cheers peter
