Re: 3D video card recommendations

Paweł Sikora
2005-11-07T15:07:24Z

Dnia poniedziałek, 7 listopada 2005 15:22, Paweł Sikora napisał:
> Dnia poniedziałek, 7 listopada 2005 13:55, Hugo Mills napisał:
> > http://www.xgitech.com/
> >
> > Not the fastest pieces of hardware out there by some way, but they
> > _do_ have open-source drivers. Don't know if they work with AMD64,
> > though.
>
> [ http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2005/05/03/club3d_volari_v3xt/2.html ]
>
> System Setup:
> AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 (operating at 1600MHz - 8x200); (...)
>
> Volari V3XT seems to work on amd64.

ps).

"XGI had released its source-code to the Linux community, but what they
failed to mention in their press release was that the 3D acceleration portion
of their drivers would remain closed-source."
(...)
Although it will be very unlikely for XGI to open up the 3D portion of their
drivers anytime in the near future, due to fierce competition from NVIDIA
and ATI drivers."

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