On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, Pavel Rozenboim wrote: >Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 11:24:09 +0200 >From: Pavel Rozenboim <pavelr@coresma.com> >To: psyche-list@redhat.com >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >List-Id: Discussion of Red Hat Linux 8.0 (Psyche) <psyche-list.redhat.com> >Subject: RE: Video Card recommendation > >Do ATI (or other vendors) open-source drivers support hardware 3D >acceleration? Yes. XFree86 that comes with Red Hat Linux 8.0 supports 3D acceleration via DRI on various radeon, r128, matrox, 3Dfx, 3Dlabs, and SiS chipsets. 3D is supported on the Radeon family up to the Radeon 7500 for desktops, and Mobility FireGL 7800 for laptops. >I thought that only NVidia does this No. Nvidia is not the only way to get 3D acceleration in Linux. 3D acceleration has been available on various hardware in Linux for yers now, starting way before DRI project. XFree86 4.0 and later use the DRI in order to provide 3D acceleration. 4.0 was released roughly 2.5 years ago. http://dri.sf.net >as some linux games demand NVidia 3D drivers. No, some games (Unreal Tournament 2003 specifically) require S3TC (S3 Texture Compression), not Nvidia drivers. Since S3TC is patented, it has not been implemented in open source drivers yet. There are drivers available from XiG which implement S3TC on other hardware such as the Radeon. So no, Nvidia drivers are not a requirement, there are other options available. -- Mike A. Harris ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris OS Systems Engineer XFree86 maintainer Red Hat Inc. -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
