On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 08:48:58AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello. > > I'm looking to buy a new workstation that needs to be able to run in > 64-bit (long) mode (working with large data sets). What are my options > for 3D acceleration without binary drivers? My needs are quite minimal, > I'm not running any games. > > As far as I can tell, only onboard Intel graphics and some ATI cards can > provide acceleration without blobs. Is this really the case?
Yes. Intel should work with a recent driver and drm components in the kernel. Recent ATI cards (R600) work in 2D only. 3D support for R5XX ATI chips should work in the X driver, but you might need recent patches from Robert Noland for the DRM component in the kernel. 3D support for R600 based cards is waiting on specs to be provided by ATI. Check out http://www.phoronix.com/ for news about display drivers etc. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725)
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