On Mon, 29 Jul 2002, Orlando Andico wrote: > On Mon, 29 Jul 2002, Ian C. Sison wrote: > .. > > > (cards with only 64bit SDR include: TNT2 Vanta, TNT2 M64, GeForce2 > > > MX200 -- and lower-end cards) > > > > Hmm, is the above a typo or did you mean DDR instead of SDR? > > Not a typo. You see a 64bit DDR video card (like the GeForce2 MX400) has > the same bandwidth as a 128bit SDR video card (like the GeForce2 MX). > > Of course a 128bit DDR (effectively 256bit SDR) video card is da bomb! > :D > > but for 2d purposes, a 128bit SDR (and up..) with GOOD DRIVER SUPPORT will > do very well. There are lots of cards (notably SiS) with theoretically > good memory bandwidth but poor driver support, and they're crippled in > Linux.
And so, the 10 Peso question being... What's the fastest (or fast enough for you) video card that has good and fast XFree Open source driver support? I have a 16MB Vanta and frankly, i'm disappointed by the speed.. I've seen visibly faster S3 Savage 3 performance.. _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
