From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Jul 27 2: 0:54 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from finch-post-10.mail.demon.net (finch-post-10.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6637937B92C for ; Thu, 27 Jul 2000 02:00:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dfr@nlsystems.com) Received: from nlsys.demon.co.uk ([158.152.125.33] helo=herring.nlsystems.com) by finch-post-10.mail.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 13HjX5-000I8J-0A; Thu, 27 Jul 2000 09:00:48 +0000 Received: from salmon.nlsystems.com (salmon.nlsystems.com [10.0.0.3]) by herring.nlsystems.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA94007; Thu, 27 Jul 2000 10:04:06 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from dfr@nlsystems.com) Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 10:01:38 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson To: Mike Muir Cc: Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: agp and 3dfx In-Reply-To: <397F5F46.C54E2E6A@es.co.nz> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, Mike Muir wrote: > Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > We will need more than the basic X-server to use any new graphics board, as > > their main selling point is 3D, and the basic drivers of X are way behind. > > > > The main issue is in establishing FreeBSD as a "credible" platform > > (how many users of FreeBSD want to pay for a 3D-optimized A|W application ?) > > Quite the opposite -- it won't be users of FreeBSD who will be buying a > $50,000+ software package -- It is those Animators whom should choose to > use FreeBSD! I'm planning to run the Linux version of Maya on FreeBSD as soon as I can get a copy. It isn't that expensive any more - the PC version is about $10,000-$12,000 per seat but its probably the best modelling package for soft skinned characters around. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 20 8348 3944 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message