Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 11:48:02 +0100 From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Cc: xorquewasp@googlemail.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: the age old 3D hardware question Message-ID: <4902F962.7090604@cran.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20081025104350.M31848@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <20081025074858.GA17098@logik.internal.network> <20081025101635.C30043@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081025082338.GA67346@logik.internal.network> <20081025104350.M31848@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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> > > 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). Wojciech Puchar wrote: > afaik openGL always requires local display I would guess the development and testing will be done on the same machine. -- Bruce
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