nv verses the world

[Joel Jaeggli]

On Tue, 20 Apr 2004, J.B. Nicholson-Owens wrote:

> mal wrote:
> > So the question is ... What is the most capable card that I can get that 
> > is totally supported by GPL drivers.  I know this is really a back to 
> > front way to solve this problem but I am fed up with this situation. 
> 
> I have tried the ATI Radeon 9000.  I'm told the ATI Radeon 9200 is slightly
> faster and also a drop-in instantly-workable card.  As I understand it,
> there are multiple brands under which one can get these cards.
> 
> For me, using the ATI Radeon 9000 was as easy as shutting off the computer,
> physically pushing the card into the AGP slot, turning on the computer, and
> FC1 figured out the card when I installed the OS.  I'm guessing either kudzu
> or picking the card from a list of video cards in the Display control panel
> should do the trick.  In any event, it was easy and hassle-free.
> 
> I don't think the relevant drivers are GPL'd, but they are still free
> software instead of proprietary drivers.

the radeon dri driver was done by tungsten graphics with support from the
weather channel...

http://dri.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/ATI?action=highlight&value=CategoryHardwareVendor

> Good luck.
> 
> 
> 

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