Jean-Philippe Guérard wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 30, 1999 at 01:43:57PM +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote: > > Today I have found a 3Dfx graphic card in my miracle sack > > > > Currently I am using the 'miroCrystal 40 sv' which works very good, > > but the 3Dfx und mor then 2 years younger and it will have more Power. > > You will still have to rely on your graphic card for 2D graphics. > The 3Dfx card will give you fast 3D graphic display for some > specific applications.
This may not be true if it's a newer 3Dfx card... some of them do both 2D and 3D... but w/out knowing the card I can't say for sure. > > Annd which VGA server must I use with Debian/DLD ??? > > AFAIK, you cannot use the 3Dfx with X. You must still use your video card. Voodoo3 is now supported by Xfree86 3.3.4. Voodoo2/else has been supported for a while. > On Linux, you will only be able to use the 3Dfx 3D accelaration with > the applications specially designed to use it (Quake 2 is the only one > I know of) from a VGA console. Or have an accelerated Server... don't know how accelerated Xfree's is tho. --Evan