Am Donnerstag, 10. August 2006 09:33 schrieb Silviu Marin-Caea: > On Wednesday 09 August 2006 22:31, Keith Packard wrote: > > > The Intel® 965 Express Chipset represents the first product family > > that implements fourth generation Intel graphics architecture. > > Designed to support advanced rendering features in modern graphics > > APIs, this chipset family includes support for programmable vertex, > > geometry, and fragment shaders. By open sourcing the drivers for > > this new technology, Intel enables the open source community to > > experiment, develop, and contribute to the continuing advancement > > of open source 3D graphics. > > Programmable vertex, geometry, and fragment shaders sound very good. > I'll definitely find out more about this new generation of video > cards from Intel. > > If Intel is the first vendor who "gets" open source in the video > arena, it's scoring big points.
Unfortunately, they typically bundle there stuff in a way, that you cannot opt for buying such a AGP/PCI-E graphics card, you're forced to buy those motherboards, which carry them. Same goes for wireless chipset ipw2200, for what is worth it. With this kind of politics, Intel successfully prevented me from getting a first class supporter of their products. OTOH, I'm pretty committed to their e1000 nics (although they try hard to get rid of me with very fast product cycles, occasionally unstable drivers, funny behavior in certain systems and the like..). Pete --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
