On 04 Jan 2002 16:42:15 +0100 "Michel D�nzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-01-04 at 08:49, Ross Vandegrift wrote: > > > What is the best pure 2D card in X11 with non-binary-only (read nvidia) > > drivers? Does a Matrox G450/550 compare to GeForce & Radeon in 2D? > > > > Matrox is the only company I've ever heard make noise about their 2D > > performance. The box from my G400 DualHead billed it as the fastest > > 2D accelerator ever created. Don't know if it's true, but the 2D > > performs quite well for me! > > The mga driver has a very good reputation for 2D performance, but I just > replaced a G450 with a Rage128 Pro in this work machine and it's at > least as fast in general, in fact it feels slightly snappier, but maybe > that's just me. :) A Radeon should be significantly faster in turn. The > only thing lacking yet is Render acceleration for AA text. I'm > experimenting with that but no dice yet. I have a TNT2 Ultra now, so I was looking for something better than that, although I have no real faults with the card. It seems to me that even if you just want 2D, the nvidia cards are still the best choice. _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
