-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 9 Mar 2003, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> I had a very elegant solution to this whole nVidia kernel driver issue. > I bought a Radeon 9000 Pro. :) > > Admittedly, I think it is the first ATI card I've purchased since I > bought an 8MB Rage Pro in '97, juxtaposed to the 10 or so nVidia cards > I've bought since then, but hey... To me, it was worth the cost, > especially since I don't do any gaming on this machine (I do that on > another machine running XP). Rather than spend countless hours trying to > hack nVidia's drivers to work with each new kernel, I've got all that > spare time for other endeavors. Like compiling ALSA drivers (takes a > while, even on my dual Athlon MP 2000)... > > Though for some, the extra expense of a new video card isn't the best > use of funds, and/or the hacking might be welcome. A bit of hacking is > fun, but I'd rather be working on something that's paying the bills... > To each his (or her) own. > But now that you mention it, how IS the 3d performance of that card using dri in linux? I'm close to purchasing a new card myself, and since the 900 get's Mike Harris seal of approval I'd consider this one if the performance is acceptable. :) thanks - -- /dTd Perl 6 will give you the big knob. - Larry Wall -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+bIsenT/E8VuLATERAs8UAJ9xHMuFFIJD9Ym6pLQQZ41WOyWtGQCglRn/ QAbpPgtKB0TaoPAeLmIzdSg= =ZNOv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Phoebe-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/phoebe-list
