Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 16:48:07 -0700 From: Matthew Reimer <mreimer@vpop.net> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nVidia Cards /w FreeBSD (3D Acceleration) Message-ID: <3AD4ED37.F1A1B948@vpop.net> References: <lists.freebsd.stable.3AD4E929.99C40DC5@vpop.net>
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Correction: GeForce256 and better. See: http://www.xfree86.org/pipermail/cvs-commit/2001-March/001888.html Matt Matthew Reimer wrote: > > Xvideo support for GeForce2 and better was added into the XFree86 nv > driver (not Nvidia's driver) just after XFree86 4.0.3. You'll have to > build XFree from CVS to get these bits. > > Matt > > Richard Tobin wrote: > > > > > Before you lambast Nvidia for wanting to keep its IP > > > under wraps, it appears that none of the other video card makers (ATI, > > > Matrox) have handed over their "crown jewels" to Open Source developers. > > > Nvidia is at least providing an optimised driver for its cards -- Matrox and > > > ATI haven't > > > > So how come we haven't even got the XVideo extension available on > > GeForce cards, unlike ATI and Matrox? Sounds fair to lambast NVidia > > to me. > > > > -- Richard > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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