Germano Rizzo wrote:
>
> >Both nVidia and 3dfx have promised "full" 3D for Linux / XFree86 in the
> >future, but until then, I have to use Windoze for games.
> >--
> Are u sure that, even after this, you will change platform for games? A
> 3D support doesn't mean that games will be ported to Linux, considered that
> it's still not spread enough between home users, and that the 90% of games
> are built over Direct3D... I don't think that M$oft will port DirectX to Lin
> (I doubt it would be possible, either), nor that Electronic Arts etc. will
> translate the code for UNIX with the perspective of selling not more than
> 50'000 copies of a game for this platform... If you successfully use win to
> play, what could make them suppose you want to change this situation?
You're right. There'll (almost surely) never be a D3D for Linux, and it
probably will never replace Win9x as a gaming platform.
However, when the time comes when you can buy any 3D card (3dfx, nVidia,
ATI, Matrox, etc.) and be sure that it'll be fully OpenGL accelerated in
Linux (or in XFree86 itself), things may begin to change.
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