Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 10:44:04 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: xorquewasp@googlemail.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: the age old 3D hardware question Message-ID: <20081025104350.M31848@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <20081025082338.GA67346@logik.internal.network> References: <20081025074858.GA17098@logik.internal.network> <20081025101635.C30043@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081025082338.GA67346@logik.internal.network>
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afaik openGL always requires local display On Sat, 25 Oct 2008, xorquewasp@googlemail.com wrote: > 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). > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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