On Sunday 11 February 2007, Kai Ponte wrote: > On Sunday 11 February 2007 05:15, Fajar Priyanto wrote: > > On Sunday 11 February 2007 12:42, Fajar Priyanto wrote: > > <snippage> > > > > Maybe it's because I don't use ATI proprietary driver? > > > > After upgrading to the proprietary driver using sax2 and activating the > > 3D accellarator, I finally can play it. Cool! > > I wonder why one would need to have a proprietary driver over another one > in order to effecively play a game. > > Can someone explain by chance?
Supertuxkart and many other games use OpenGL, which requires hardware acceleration in order to give acceptable performance. This isn't provided by the opensource radeon and nv drivers, which use software acceleration, which sucks even on higher end systems. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
