Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 09:36:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Frank Mayhar <frank@exit.com> To: Alp ATICI <atici@cpw.math.columbia.edu> Cc: Ed Yu <edlyu@yahoo.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: About 5.0 and Nvidia drivers Message-ID: <200208051636.g75GaamW000669@realtime.exit.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0208050157420.15528-100000@cpw.math.columbia.edu>
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Alp ATICI wrote: > No AFAIK there's nothing like ATI driver. It's just that XFree86 > supports it. Only in 2D. I don't know of a ATI FreeBSD or linux > driver otherwise. Whatever ATI said on their website is principlewise > I guess. How helpful they're actually about the open source driver is > another issue. I think NVidia is much more professional when it comes > to software support. Sigh. You know, I wish you folks would do some research before you go spouting off in public. ATI supports open source developers. NVidia doesn't. Period, end of story. For proof, see their respective websites and any number of mailing lists devoted to this topic. As for 3D, you can use OpenGL apps under FreeBSD with Radeon 7500 and 8500 (64M) cards in DRI mode. Install the drm-kmod port for support. (Unfortunately it doesn't support the 128MB card yet, which is what I have, but that will undoubtedly change at some point.) -- Frank Mayhar frank@exit.com http://www.exit.com/ Exit Consulting http://www.gpsclock.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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