From owner-freebsd-multimedia Tue Jul 6 15:32:18 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from gloria.cord.edu (gloria.cord.edu [138.129.254.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D33D314D46 for ; Tue, 6 Jul 1999 15:32:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from twschulz@gloria.cord.edu) Received: from localhost (twschulz@localhost) by gloria.cord.edu (8.9.0/8.9.1) with ESMTP id RAA11635; Tue, 6 Jul 1999 17:32:06 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 17:32:06 -0500 (CDT) From: Trenton Schulz To: Marc van Woerkom Cc: jkh@zippy.cdrom.com, freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to actually link with GLX library? In-Reply-To: <199907062201.AAA02092@oranje.my.domain> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 7 Jul 1999, Marc van Woerkom wrote: > > See http://www.freebsdzine.org/199907/features/tnt.html - there's a > > complete step-by-step guide on using the Riva TNT with GLX. I have > > some familiarity with the URL. :) > > I am still using a plain RIVA 128 Diamond V330 card with my K6/300 (no AGP) > system. > > 1. Your article mentions RIVA TNT/TNT2 only, but I see RIVA 128/128ZX > patches too on the nvidia site > The patches work great on a Riva 128 PCI that I have. I'm sure they'd work just as well on a 128zx. The only problem you will run into is the amount of memory on the card. The glx faq at nvidia gives more info. > 2. Does it make sense to use some cheapo TNT or TNT2 card in my system > or should I wait for the next big hardware update (K7 + TNT2 successor..) > somewhere end of this year? I always think it's a waiting game for choosing to buy hardware. I'd say it's really up to you and how important graphic performance is for what you're doing. At the moment, even with its restrictions, the Riva128 works well for me though a TNT2 Ultra would probably really scream. -- Trenton Schulz twschulz@cord.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message