Date: Sun, 1 Aug 1999 11:37:09 -0400 From: Randall Hopper <aa8vb@ipass.net> To: "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM> Cc: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3D board for XFree86 GLX - Please recommend Message-ID: <19990801113709.A2171@ipass.net> In-Reply-To: <199907312213.SAA11281@whizzo.transsys.com>; from Louis A. Mamakos on Sat, Jul 31, 1999 at 06:13:45PM -0400 References: <19990731150024.A3979@ipass.net> <199907312213.SAA11281@whizzo.transsys.com>
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Louis A. Mamakos: |> I'm looking for recommendations for a good 3D board (PCI) that has 2D |> & 3D hardware support in the new XFree86 pre-4.0 release. I'd prefer that |> it support 3D-in-a-window and >= 1280x1024 resolution. Voodoo3? Riva128? |> RivaTNT? | |Just today I put a Matrox G400 in my FreeBSD box, and am running the |XFree86 3.3.4 server. Seems to work well for 2D stuff. Slick. What's the highest resolution and color depth it sports under XFree86? Does it support 3D in all modes? (I've got a 21-inch monitor, so ideally I'd like > 1280x1024.) Also, how does your Hauppauge WinCast TV/dbx card work with bktr/fxtv on the G400? (DGA TV card support for my next video card is a must! :-) |I'm also playing around right now with some GLX-based 3D in a window stuff |with this board. The Matrox seems to be pretty well supported by the |folks doing the Mesa-in-the-X-server work (http://glx.on.openprojects.net/) |I wend with the G400 rather than the RivaTNT since the current GLX support |for the TNT only works in 15/16 bits per pixel, and I really wanted a 24/32 |bit deep display. | |So far, so good. Only got the X server to hang once :-) Seriously, I now |need to make sure that I'm using the recommended version of Mesa for the |loadable module in the X server (rather than what was laying around in |my ports directory). But it's not doomed to be completely busted since |I got the OpenGL screensaves in xlock to go *really* fast compared to |software rendering. Great! Thanks for the feedback. I'd be interested in whatever else you try out regarding 3D-in-window support. Also, if you give an XFree86 4.0 prerelease a shot (3.9.15), I'd sure appreciate a Cc of your results. Thanks, Randall To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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