video card: comments please?

[Elton Woo]

On October 22, 2003 01:31 pm, Mike A. Harris , <"Mike A. Harris" 
<mharris at redhat.com>> wrote:;

> Correct.  Radeon 9100 and older are 3D supported.  Newer cards
> that have support at all, are 2D supported only.
>
> >Most NVIDIA cards are not.
>
> s/Most/All/ - there is no 3D acceleration support for any Nvidia
> hardware out of the box at all.  DRI does not have Nvidia 3D
> support.
>
> >[very] Newer ATI cards, and all NVIDIA cards require the installation of
> >binary only drivers (and that means you pretty much have to be on x86 ;<),
> >so your options are less flexible, and you have installation and updating
> >pain, but likely better performance.
>
> Yep, for Radeon 9500 and newer hardware you require ATI's binary
> only drivers for 3D support.

In short: "seis de uno y media docena del otro" <*SIGH*>

Elton ;-)
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