Ethan Benson wrote:
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> On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 05:06:46AM -0700, Andrew Sharp wrote:
> >
> > And no, I wasn't kidding, the binary driver works OK on my X86
> > gaming box. By that I mean in locks up and crashes 50-100% less
> ^^^
>
> that is
On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 05:06:46AM -0700, Andrew Sharp wrote:
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> And no, I wasn't kidding, the binary driver works OK on my X86
> gaming box. By that I mean in locks up and crashes 50-100% less
^^^
that is abysmal. your standards for `works
Peter Cordes wrote:
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> On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 07:50:03AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 06/26/01
> >at 10:33 AM, Andrew Sharp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> >
> > >Ethan Benson wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> where did you hear that nvidia worked with i386? it sucks
On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 07:50:03AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 06/26/01
>at 10:33 AM, Andrew Sharp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
> >Ethan Benson wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> where did you hear that nvidia worked with i386? it sucks just as
> >> badly there unless yo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 06/26/01
>at 10:33 AM, Andrew Sharp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
> >Ethan Benson wrote:
> >>
> >> where did you hear that nvidia worked with i386? it sucks just as
> >> badly there unless you use proprietary drivers which make your syste
On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 07:50:03AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The XFree86 sources contain drivers for the nvidia chips and GForce 2 xx
> cards. Is there something wrong with these drivers? Shouldn't they work
> with the Mac version (i.e. AGP != AGP?)
there support for nvidia hardware is
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 06/26/01
at 10:33 AM, Andrew Sharp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>Ethan Benson wrote:
>>
>>
>> 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.
Th
On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 10:33:10AM -0700, Andrew Sharp wrote:
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> 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
i don't have windows on an
Ethan Benson wrote:
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> 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 tho
[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.
For all I know, the Radeon is about as fast as the GeForce2, of wh
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
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 06/25/01
at 02:17 PM, Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
Note: I've CC'd this to the list so others have a chance to
join in.
I read on http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/faq.html a hint that you can
tweak the video parameters in OF. Maybe it's possible to ge
Kin Chung wrote:
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> >Michel Dänzer wrote:
> >Ethan Benson wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 02:02:02PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I'm sorry I have to say this, but the NVidia card is really a bad
> > > > choice for Linux.
> > >
> > > truer words were never spoken...
> >
Michel Dänzer wrote:
Ethan Benson wrote:
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> On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 02:02:02PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> >
> > I'm sorry I have to say this, but the NVidia card is really a bad
> > choice for Linux.
>
> truer words were never spoken...
>
> hopefully apple won't go nvidia only in thier hard
Ethan Benson wrote:
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> On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 02:02:02PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> >
> > I'm sorry I have to say this, but the NVidia card is really a bad choice
> > for Linux. It's very unlikely that there will ever be decent support. The
> > Radeon OTOH is fully supported in 2D and hopeful
On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 02:02:02PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
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> I'm sorry I have to say this, but the NVidia card is really a bad choice for
> Linux. It's very unlikely that there will ever be decent support. The Radeon
> OTOH is fully supported in 2D and hopefully soon in 3D as well. :)
truer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> I have been trying to get X11 running on my new Mac. It seems the Nvidia
> card that came with it is not yet supported and the framebuffer is using the
> open firmware video somehow.
Have you tried rivafb?
> I've got X to work however, the colormap is all wrong
The
I have been trying to get X11 running on my new Mac.
It seems the Nvidia card that came with it is not yet
supported and the framebuffer is using the open firmware
video somehow. I've got X to work however, the colormap
is all wrong and I can't seem to figure out how to fix it.
fbset says I have a
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