> Nvidia's binary-only XFree and kernel drivers for > its GeForce line are much more functional than > the wussy or more likely non-existent support for the > Radeon's 3D features in the open source XFree86 drivers. > Moreover, I've been using the them and they've proven > both *high-performance* and *solid*.
In the interests of accuracy, I looked it up and it's more wussy than non-existent. Compare: http://dri.sourceforge.net/other/radeon_dri_features.html versus http://www.nvidia.com/docs/lo/1021/SUPP/README.txt The 3D card companies seem loathe to release low level hardware specs for their 3D chipsets (we'll see if Trident and SiS can change the general tune with their powerful DX8.1-conformant chipsets) and that's why you don't get good open source drivers for them. Also, the hardware specs for the 3Dfx's SST archictecture (Voodoo series) ARE available somewhere in the bowels of the Internet so if you're willing to live with old generation 3D acceleration (which is still actually very good), you can muck around with the Voodoo3 internals under Linux to your heart's content. _ 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]
