From owner-freebsd-multimedia Sat Feb 6 16:19:41 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA12645 for freebsd-multimedia-outgoing; Sat, 6 Feb 1999 16:19:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail2.netcologne.de (mail2.netcologne.de [194.8.194.103]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA12607 for ; Sat, 6 Feb 1999 16:19:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marc@netcologne.de) Received: from oranje.my.domain (dial4-80.netcologne.de [195.14.233.80]) by mail2.netcologne.de (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id BAA03098; Sun, 7 Feb 1999 01:18:50 +0100 (MET) Received: (from marc@localhost) by oranje.my.domain (8.9.1/8.9.1) id BAA01555; Sun, 7 Feb 1999 01:19:06 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from marc) Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 01:19:06 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <199902070019.BAA01555@oranje.my.domain> From: Marc van Woerkom To: scrappy@hub.org CC: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl, luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it, freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: (message from The Hermit Hacker on Sat, 6 Feb 1999 19:14:11 -0400 (AST)) Subject: Re: Something to show off...? Reply-to: van.woerkom@netcologne.de Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > I'm running a PII-266 as CPU, 128Meg of RAM and a Creative Graphics > Blaster RivaTNT video card with 16Meg of RAM on it...does that count? :) > Actually, with that, I was impressed with how responsive Blender was, but > I'm curious as to how much of that is the CPU vs the video card, so will > be downgrading the video card later this evening to see ... I am not sure (forgive me, if I am wrong - was absent a while) if you guys do realize that the RIVA chip's 3-D features are not used at all under FreeBSD. RIVA TNT/128/128ZX based cards are fast 2-D cards and yes, they are processing data faster than a lot of CPUs (these chips are the complexity of Pentium IIs), so you usually see benefits when using a faster CPU. The RAM becomes important when you use high resolutions (above 800x600), this is an area where the RIVA cards usually outperformed the Voodoos, showing no drastic slow down. For general RIVA stuff look here: http://www.rivazone.com You mention Creative Labs too. I read news lately, that they hired one of GGI (General Graphics Interface) guys to create and release drivers for their sound cards for Linux. This stuff will be in binary form only, but he seems to be willing to do *BSD ones too .. and he will work on graphics drivers too. Links: http://www.progressive-comp.com/Lists/?l=linux-ggi&m=91750053603759&w=2 http://www.ggi-project.org Regards, Marc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message