[gameprogrammer] Re: Linux for game programming

Roger D. Vargas:
> El mié, 21-07-2004 a las 14:10, Daniel Schlyder escribió:
>> Bob Pendleton:
>> > There is an NVidia driver that will give you 2D support in Linux, but not 
>> > 3D
>> > support.
>> 
>> Hum. I could've sworn I got 3D acceleration after installing it. Maybe it
>> depends on which card you have. (I have a GeForce 4 MX.)
>> 
> Impossible. Nvidia refuses to disclose any information about card specs,
> so open source drivers are far beyond propietary drivers.
> ATI has a more collaborative attitude towards open source developers
> (thats why i would choose if i had the chance to pay for a card).
> Anyway, if are not going to change your card from Nvidia to ATI or any
> other, and you require full 3d power I would reccomend using nvidia and
> its propietary drivers.

Yeah, I assumed that was the driver Bob was talking about. I guess not. Sorry
for the noise.

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Daniel Schlyder
http://bitblaze.com/



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