>>On Monday December 16 2002 07:02 pm, Tibbetts, Ric wrote: >> Actually, there is no acceleration for an nVidia card under the >> default "nv" driver. Check the documentation. You need to install >> the "nvidia" drivers to get that. >> >> Ric > > I didn't bother responding to the first post of the sort that >"there is no acceleration for an nVidia card under the default "nv" >driver" because I reckon'd most discerning people usin XF 4.2.1, >would recognize it as wrong, foolishness, or at least blinded by >unawareness. > > > 3d/accel is now a _FACT_ (albeit limited) for nvidia with XFree86
Partly right Tom. But keep reading. I think you'll find that you "may" get software 3d out of the nv drivers, but not hardware. In fact, there is even a choice when you do the set up to use XFree 4.xx (with no acceleration), or XFree 3.xx with acceleration. As far as the open source issue... It's been beat to death.. get over it. Ric
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