comments inline... > From: Carl Switzky
> I'm new to this list, so please excuse me if this topic has > been exhaustively discussed, or if it is not appropriate. > I didn't see any way of searching the archives. There are archives, see dri.sf.net, page Mailing lists for the links. > I'm interested in information on the comparative performance > of OpenGL applications running with Mesa and other open > source components available with XFree86 versus running with > vendor proprietary DRI/DRM modules and libraries. Any > references that discuss this topic or posted benchmarks > would be appreciated. Mesa is the software renderer, thats merely XFree86 code and of course a project of its own (better say, a project from Brian Paul), but its tightly related since this code makes up the software rendering fallback if a driver does not come with his own open/closed soucre dri/drm hardware accellerated OpenGL implementation. There is a comparison from R.Scheidegger, it is linked at the dri web page at Documents page, "Other Documents" section comparing several Radeon 9000 capable drivers including the DRI drivers. > Is there a general consensus about the relative performance > between these two approaches? Software is slow - not really the interesting part anymore. Hardware is fast - state of the art on any current adapter. > Is it possible to make this > comparison for the high-end workstation cards from ATI, > Nvidia, and 3DLabs? What about www.tomshardware.com - they drove a nice article from the german "Linux Magazin" (Doelle et.al.) from End 2002 comparing some current adpaters on the Linux platform. And there should be several others, Tom's team likes Linux. (Okay, xf86 & dri can do more than just "dumb" Linux...) -Alex. PS: i just used the dri wiki at OpenDesktop and added the links that i meant, so i dont see a reason to duplicate all of them here. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
