On 12/13/05, Rob <lau@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue December 13 2005 19:11, Loki Davison wrote: > > opengl use? if you can create, i.e design and build, a card > > with comparable (3D) performance to my nvidia pci-e 6600le > > sli, write open source drivers, for around 30 euro, i.e the > > price i payed for my nvidia, i'd be very happy to buy one from > > you, as would the rest of us. Otherwise i'll stick with my > > nvidia. > > Lee wasn't suggesting you drop your use of nvidia.... he was > suggesting that if you want proprietary video drivers, and > you're dissatisfied with your machine's realtime performance, > you're either going to have to lobby nvidia (or ati) to make > their stuff work with realtime kernels, since they have access > to their code and the kernel guys don't, or you're going to have > to suck it up. > > I remember having to turn down my graphics acceleration settings > to reduce xruns in my distant Windows past, so it's not like the > situation is unique to free software. > > Rob > This discussion is very helpful to me, I was unaware that proprietary drivers such as ATI's would cause such problems with a RT kernel. It was a video card that I had leftover from my Windows days, and since I don't have any $ to buy a new one, I'll just have to keep it for awhile. By the way, what is the proper name for a kernel that has been prepared for multimedia work? Realtime kernel? Low-latency kernel? -- Josh Lawrence http://www.hardbop200.com
