I'm fully aware of the lack of documentation for recent graphics cards and the problems associated with that. Maybe the open source vs closed source problem is already a lost battle especially already. The situation seems to be much better for other HW such as audio cards, NICs, printers, etc needed by the kernel though, except maybe for WiFi cards.
However, my original question remain: Which card is usable with DRI open source drivers for modern games? Also, is the S3TC issue resolved for the cards I mentioned before: Mach64, G400, Banshee and Radeon 9000 PRO. Since I'm replying to your mail Vladimir, how about the TV-out issue especially with the GATOS drivers and for XFree86/X.org in general. Are all these efforts in vain for GNU/Linux and other open source OSes. Only binary driver alternatives remains, or other OSes not to mention here.. On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 00:54, Vladimir Dergachev wrote: > > > > Is there any hope for open source drivers for high performance cards, > > taking into consideration the binary alternatives available for cards > > from ATI, Nvidia or Matrox (Parhelia), etc? > > One thing to keep in mind about this issue is that ATI and NVidia start > working on their 3d drivers even before their cards are released yet. > > We are still asking for documentation for the next to latest generation of > ATI cards (R300) (and, AFAIK, NVidia does not provide docs at all). > > So open source driver will always be late. However the question of how > late depends a lot on how easy it is to program using current > frameworks (i.e. Mesa, DRI, X11). > > best > > Vladimir Dergachev > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Sleepycat Software Learn developer strategies Cisco, Motorola, Ericsson & Lucent use to deliver higher performing products faster, at low TCO. http://www.sleepycat.com/telcomwpreg.php?From=osdnemail3 -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
