Re: [newbie] ASUS A7N266-VM

2002-05-16 Thread darklord
On Thursday 16 May 2002 10:59 am, you wrote: > > Don't hold your breath ;> Besides the "Special relationships > and binding contracts", nVidia is a major chip supplier to "you know > who." I seriously doubt nVidia would risk M$'s rath and subsequent > loss of market (eg, video chips for the

Re: [newbie] ASUS A7N266-VM

2002-05-16 Thread civileme
Gerald Waugh wrote: >On Wednesday 15 May 2002 04:10 pm, civileme wrote: > >>Well, I had to btreak down and get something that would give me a little >>experience supporting NVidia installs. >> >>As you know, NVidia keeps their 3d drivers secret and proprietary, which >>means those drivers don't g

Re: [newbie] ASUS A7N266-VM

2002-05-16 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Thursday 16 May 2002 08:51 am, darklord wrote: > > >Incidentally, I read somewhere recently that nVidia _wants_ to > > > open source their drivers, but they can't... wish I could > > > remember why! > > > > > >Miark > > > > Special relationships and binding contracts with SGI and you know > > w

Re: [newbie] ASUS A7N266-VM

2002-05-16 Thread darklord
On Thursday 16 May 2002 05:01 am, you wrote: > Miark wrote: > >>As you know, NVidia keeps their 3d drivers secret and proprietary... > > > >Incidentally, I read somewhere recently that nVidia _wants_ to open > >source their drivers, but they can't... wish I could remember why! > > > >Miark > > Spe

Re: [newbie] ASUS A7N266-VM

2002-05-16 Thread Gerald Waugh
On Wednesday 15 May 2002 04:10 pm, civileme wrote: > Well, I had to btreak down and get something that would give me a little > experience supporting NVidia installs. > > As you know, NVidia keeps their 3d drivers secret and proprietary, which > means those drivers don't get on the download editio

Re: [newbie] ASUS A7N266-VM

2002-05-16 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On 15 May 2002 23:49:39 -0600, Miark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As you know, NVidia keeps their 3d drivers secret and proprietary... > > Incidentally, I read somewhere recently that nVidia _wants_ to open > source their drivers, but they can't... wish I could remember why! I faintly recall r

Re: [newbie] ASUS A7N266-VM

2002-05-16 Thread civileme
Miark wrote: > > >>As you know, NVidia keeps their 3d drivers secret and proprietary... >> > >Incidentally, I read somewhere recently that nVidia _wants_ to open >source their drivers, but they can't... wish I could remember why! > >Miark > > Special relationships and binding contracts with SGI

Re: [newbie] ASUS A7N266-VM

2002-05-15 Thread Miark
> As you know, NVidia keeps their 3d drivers secret and proprietary... Incidentally, I read somewhere recently that nVidia _wants_ to open source their drivers, but they can't... wish I could remember why! Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrak

Re: [newbie] ASUS A7N266-VM

2002-05-15 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Wed, 2002-05-15 at 16:10, civileme wrote: > Hmmm, > > DDR RAM only... no problem > > Driver CD has no linux drivers which I found pretty much par for the course. > > Driver CD has NO DRIVERS FOR winNT, Win2K, or WinXP, and the manual says > the graphics _won't_ work with them!!! > > Mand

RE: [newbie] ASUS A7N266-VM

2002-05-15 Thread Mark Annandale
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of civileme Sent: 15 May 2002 21:11 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] ASUS A7N266-VM Well, I had to btreak down and get something that would give me a little experience supporting NVidia installs. As you know, NVidia keeps their 3d

[newbie] ASUS A7N266-VM

2002-05-15 Thread civileme
Well, I had to btreak down and get something that would give me a little experience supporting NVidia installs. As you know, NVidia keeps their 3d drivers secret and proprietary, which means those drivers don't get on the download edition, and since the driver's wrapper has to be recompiled fo