Uah! I uncovered a wasp nest, as we say in Italy!
I don't identify 3D with 3dfx, as well as I don't identify linux with
SuSE or PC with IBM or wemen with Pamela Andersson; I said only that the
only thing that need outstanding computing power nowadays is 3D gaming, and
one interested in it shouldn't change its CPU, but buying a 3D card, FOR
INSTANCE a Voodoo 2.
About TNT, well... it's great, I know, so what? 3dfx is good, too, you
can't deny it, and G200 is, and S3 savage is... I dont' want to take a
position, I just have a voodoo 2 and it works fine. Stop.
I have a Matrox Millennium G200 and a Voodoo 2, and I don't pretend to
have the heaven's keys, I was only speaking about games, and, you know, many
games still support ONLY Glide, which is a proprietary library of 3dfx...
I hope to have clarified my position... No need to start polemics, Pedro
:), everyone is happy with what he has, and I don't exclude that in future I
could buy a TNT2...
Re-entering in topic, however, I don't see actually any advantage in
having a 3D accelerated card in Linux... what could be its use? Someone
improves his work having one? I'm curious... Is it possible to accelerate,
let's say, Blender or POVRay with one?
Mano :)
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-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: Pedro Timoteo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
A: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Data: marted� 23 marzo 1999 14.47
Oggetto: 3D cards (was: Re: R: [SuSE Linux] AMD processors)
>
>Germano Rizzo wrote:
>>
>> applications I guess also a 266 CPU works fine, these days the only
things
>> that really need a better CPU are 3D games, and they works much better
>> buying a 3dfx card...
>
>This is kind of off-topic, but 3dfx is currently far from the "king" of 3D
>acceleration.
>The Riva TNT card is much better than the Voodoo 2, while the upcoming TNT
>2 completely out-performs the upcoming Voodoo 3.
>XFree86 already has support for the TNT (since 3.3.3), too. If you want to
>know how and why... any 3D site will tell you.
>
>I just had to say this because it saddens me that so many people equal 3D
>with 3dfx. It's the same as thinking that "computers = MS Windows". :(((
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