James Richard Tyrer wrote:
Jeff Garzik wrote:
For many functions, swrast is faster on modern CPUs, particularly
current multi-core CPUs, so its not an easy question with a "does it
have NV 3D accel?" checkbox.
I really don't see your point. If I buy a graphics board with hardware
3D acceleration and the driver doesn't use it, then I would say that the
driver isn't 'fully functional' -- I might as well stick with my old
Rage 64 based card. This had been my position all along.
My point is that you don't know what you need, if you haven't measured
your current graphics subsystem. It is pointless to support 3D
acceleration if its only going to slow down your OpenGL.
Regarding "stick with old $x card": newer nv cards have _much_ higher
memory bandwidth, support current AGP and PCI-Express topologies, and
would blow any old ATI Rage card out of the water.
I'll agree with the statement "nv doesn't contain 3D accel", but without
knowing your needs, and measuring on a relevant system, its a useless
statement.
Perhaps what we need to do is clone the ATI R200 chip! :-D
Cloning 3D chips is a complete waste of time. It takes a long time, and
your end result is an outdated chip.
BTW R200 docs are not published either... Nor R300+
Jeff
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