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From: Ed Yu <edlyu@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: About 5.0 and Nvidia drivers
To: Alp ATICI <atici@math.columbia.edu>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org
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> I guess that is never going to be the case. Since
> ATI does not produce 
> drivers for linux (or any other UNIX) and has no
> such plans (AFAIK).
> XFree86 supports it, this is another story. Still
> you don't have any 3D 
> acceleration. 

You should be ble to get 3D acceleration using DRI ATI
driver. ATI release their information so open-source
drivers can be written for them.

Thus you can't count this as a driver.
> But you can go for 
> Accel-X's x server. However with NVidia case, they
> provide perfect 
> drivers  for linux. So Nvidia's stance is quite
> better compared to 
> ATI's. Yet they don't want to open their OpenGL
> implementation because 
> of SGI patents (Am I right?). But still they might
> release (as far as 
> I've heard) a FreeBSD driver which would be quite
> good.
 
Really? I heard otherwise. But if they are, it would
be great!

I don't care 
> about a 10% working driver for a card of worth $200
> anyway. I care about 
> full support. 

I agree wholeheartedly especially considering some
cards cost $400+.

-ed

> 


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