On Thu, 2 Aug 2007, Kaiwai Gardiner wrote: > On Wed, 2007-08-01 at 02:01 -0600, Jon Trulson wrote: >> On Mon, 30 Jul 2007, Alan Coopersmith wrote: >> >>> ken mays wrote: >>>> "http://ati.amd.com/products/catalyst/linux.html#2 >>>> We also actively >>>> assist developers in the Open Source community with >>>> their work, so if you absolutely require an open >>>> source driver for your graphics card, we can recommend >>>> using drivers from the DRI project, Utah-GLX project, >>>> or others. >>> >>> Nice marketing spin, but ATI hasn't been actively assisting >>> the open source community for quite a while. >>> >>> >> >> They haven't exactly been supporting closed-source developers >> either... > > I've always wondered what the performance of Intel GPU's would be like > if they were plonked on a board with dedicated high speed memory like a > traditional video card. >
I don't know how big a diff that would make... The i9XX chipsets are *much* faster than the 8XX chips, and with today's modern busses/memory, it's just that much better. Still the fillrate (for 3D rendering for example) doesn't quite reach r200 performance (on i915 at least). I am sure dedicated memory would help, but I do not think it would help 'that much'. I've heard various rumors about intel making an AIB (not from intel of course :)... No idea if there is any truth to it. -- Jon Trulson mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] #include <std/disclaimer.h> "No Kill I" -Horta _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
