Sam Varshavchik <mrsam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > lee writes: > >> Sam Varshavchik <mrsam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >> > Bruno Wolff III writes: >> > >> >> On Wed, Nov 07, 2012 at 00:30:11 +0800, >> >> "Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)" <singapore.mr.teo.en.ming@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >> >>> >> >>> I am wondering if the nouveau driver supports 3D video hardware >> >>> acceleration or only 2D video acceleration. >> >> >> >> It supports 3D acceleration. >> > >> > Not on all Nvidia chipsets. >> > >> > http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/FeatureMatrix >> >> I tried it and got only about 1/7 of the FPS I get with the drivers from >> NVIDIA, so it's not really an option (unless you have a really fast card >> and want to waste it maybe). > > Well, it's not really an option if your needs are, primarily, to play > shoot- > em-ups. Then, your only realistics options are either MS-Windows, or > dealing with Nvidia's proprietary driver, and regular kernel breakages > that result from using it. You don't have to play shooting games; it's any game that has nice graphics which you won't be able to play. I've been using NVIDIA drivers for more than a decade now and they have never broken the kernel. Their cards and drivers just work fine, and that's why I keep buying NVIDIA cards. > But, for most folks who only need accelerated video to pacify Gnome 3, > and to play Youboob videos, Nouveau should work just fine. I have a > geforce gtx 285 card, which is NV4x chipset I think, and nouveau works > fine for me. The OP was asking about 2/3d acceleration. Where is the 3d acceleration with the nouveau driver when the 3d stuff is so awfully slow? Only 1/7 the performance is quite a large factor. -- Fedora 17 -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
