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Subject: Re: the age old 3D hardware question
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On 20081025 10:18:01, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
>> I'm looking to buy a new workstation that needs to be able to run in
>> 64-bit (long) mode (working with large data sets). What are my options
>> for 3D acceleration without binary drivers? My needs are quite minimal,
>> I'm not running any games.
>
> you actually need 3D accelerator or just fast 2D card?
>
> if second - buy for <<50$ (or get for free) used computer, lowest end 
> pentium will suffice, plug good PCI graphics in it, and make an X terminal 
> to connect to your high-speed computer.
>
> there is one more adventage of it - you may connect more than one :)

Unfortunately, yeah, I do need 3D acceleration. I'm not running any games
but I am doing some OpenGL development (should've said that in the first
place, really).