On Wed, 2005-12-14 at 22:47 +0100, Christian Ohm wrote: > On Wednesday, 14 December 2005 at 18:54, Rob Fell wrote: > > Lee Revell wrote: > > >... It would be understandable if > > >there was no 3D hardware available with open drivers but that's not the > > >case. > > > > Given that I'm considering building a new machine, can you point to > > references please? I wasn't aware any 3D GFX manufacturer had released > > any significant specs/code... > > As far as I know the fastest 3D card with open drivers is the Radeon > 8500/9100 (developed from specs ATI released at the time) - and I've > heard even those are noticeably faster with the closed source drivers. Actually AFAIK the Radeon 9250 is the latest that has 3d accel with open source drivers. -- Fernando
