Re: [Flightgear-devel] Video card recommendation

2003-12-07 Thread Erik Hofman
Curtis L. Olson wrote: Matthew Law writes: Me too. Using the latest drivers i still see the sky flash from blue to black occasionally... I've seen the black sky flashing a few times recently too ... anyone have any ideas on this? Skymaster Erik? Not instantly. It might have something to do

[Flightgear-devel] Video card recommendation

2003-12-05 Thread Paul Surgeon
I'm at the point where I can't run FlightGear anymore. The Linux nVidia drivers for the TNT2 are as buggy as they can get and cause constant lockups. I've tried 3 versions of drivers and it makes no difference (currently using 4496). The CVS version I checked out yesterday gives me guaranteed

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Video card recommendation

2003-12-05 Thread Jon Berndt
, 2003 7:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Flightgear-devel] Video card recommendation I'm at the point where I can't run FlightGear anymore. The Linux nVidia drivers for the TNT2 are as buggy as they can get and cause constant lockups. I've tried 3 versions of drivers and it makes

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Video card recommendation

2003-12-05 Thread Martin Spott
Paul Surgeon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can someone recommend a nVidia based card that works flawlessly with FG? I myself can't. Do you have to stick to NVidia ? Martin. -- Unix _IS_ user friendly - it's just selective about who its friends are !

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Video card recommendation

2003-12-05 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Friday 05 December 2003 14:15, Paul Surgeon wrote: I also notice strange phenomenon like the sky flashing between normal sky textures and black. Good thing I don't suffer from epilepsy. ;) I know it's not a FlightGear problem - blender also locks up my PC when I try to render stuff.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Video card recommendation

2003-12-05 Thread Matthew Law
On 18:08 Fri 05 Dec , [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a Geforce 4 Ti 4200 and this card works perfectly with flightgear under Linux. Me too. Using the latest drivers i still see the sky flash from blue to black occasionally... All the best, Matt

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Video card recommendation

2003-12-05 Thread Curtis L. Olson
Matthew Law writes: Me too. Using the latest drivers i still see the sky flash from blue to black occasionally... I've seen the black sky flashing a few times recently too ... anyone have any ideas on this? Skymaster Erik? Curt. -- Curtis Olson HumanFIRST Program FlightGear

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Video card recommendation

2003-12-05 Thread Simon Hollier
On Fri, 2003-12-05 at 12:35, Matthew Law wrote: On 18:08 Fri 05 Dec , [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a Geforce 4 Ti 4200 and this card works perfectly with flightgear under Linux. Me too. Using the latest drivers i still see the sky flash from blue to black occasionally... All

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Video card recommendation

2003-12-05 Thread Geoff Reidy
Paul Surgeon wrote: Does FG run well on a FX 5200? Thanks Paul Be careful if you get a 5200. Some of them have a 128 bit memory bus and others have a 64 bit memory bus, so having half the memory bandwidth. They often have the same model number and unless it is explicitly stated that it is a