Ethan Benson wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 11:17:35PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Ouch!! I just noticed that I could have ordered my Mac with the Radeon > > instead of the GForce 2 card. The Radeon card is around $200 and > > supposedly is quite a bit slower than the GForce 2 MX though. > > what good is a fast card if you can't use it? i assure you a radeon > with a nice supported driver is much faster with nvidia and > video=ofonly.
The obvious point. On powerpc, the nvidia is a brick, so speed comparisons are moot. BTW, on x86 under windoze, the Radeon card is "slower," but definitely not "quite a bit slower." The radeon is a perfectly good 3D card and a perfectly good substitute over the nvidia, IMHO. > > I didn't do my homework :( I guess I saw that the GForce 2 worked with > > ia32 Linux and assumed it would work with PPC Linux too since most other > > programs and some drivers do. I got my Mac a couple months ago. > > where did you hear that nvidia worked with i386? it sucks just as > badly there unless you use proprietary drivers which make your system > more unreliable then win95. Er, stick to the previous point. My gaming machine has a Geforce 2 in it and I use the proprietary drivers and it works great. But you can't upgrade your software all the time. I probably wouldn't be all that happy if I had to use it as my daily workstation, because you have to stick to the version of X that the driver works with. Except when running Q3, I pretty much use Windoze on it anyway. It was a free, to me, but legal copy, I swear. If there are any questions, speak to my lawyer. a
