Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2000 21:37:10 +1000 From: Stephen McKay <syssgm@detir.qld.gov.au> To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us>, Stephen McKay <syssgm@detir.qld.gov.au>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Choice of display cards under freebsd. Message-ID: <200002061137.VAA87839@nymph.detir.qld.gov.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002042100350.20319-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> from Jonathon McKitrick at "Fri, 04 Feb 2000 21:02:26 %2B0000" References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002042100350.20319-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Friday, 4th February 2000, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: >I was just going to ask a question on a similar issue. I was reading >about new graphics cards with Linux-only drivers. I've also heard BSD >is somewhat less game-friendly than Linux, primarily due to the >scheduler. You'd have to give some details. I don't know any reason why the Linux scheduler would be better for games than the FreeBSD one. >Would it make sense to have a "set GAMES" option or >command, that temporarily alters scheduling and allows direct access >to video hardware as necessary? (real mode vs protected) The scheduler already has some realtime facilities, and there are ways to get direct access to hardware. What's really needed is a proper OpenGL interface within X11 and that's coming soon. When XFree86 4.0 is released, gaming under FreeBSD and Linux will be much simpler and might just take off. Stephen. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200002061137.VAA87839>