Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 19:24:48 +0100 (CET) From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: scrappy@hub.org (The Hermit Hacker) Cc: luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it, freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Something to show off...? Message-ID: <199902061824.TAA01952@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902060529290.368-100000@thelab.hub.org> from The Hermit Hacker at "Feb 6, 99 05:30:56 am"
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As The Hermit Hacker wrote... > On Sat, 6 Feb 1999, Luigi Rizzo wrote: > > > > Can someone suggest an app or demo that I can run, under FreeBSD, to "wow" > > > ppl? I got this nice video card, and I frankly don't know what to do with > > > it :( Its a 3D/video acceleration card that is supported by XFree86, and > > > that quite a few ppl have been drooling over to put into a Win95 "game > > > server" :) I don't think I'm getting much out of it with plain X running, > > > and even if its just something to show off what I can do, that would be > > > cool... > > > > try Blender ? or mpegtv (mtv), or fxtv (if you have a video acquisition > > card)... > > no video acquisition card yet...next toy... > > downloaded blender...going to have to flip to my old card and see if I > notice a difference between the two...tried a few of the demos in the > tutor pack, and altho they look impressive, they look slow too, but I'm > curious as to whether they'd look worse with my old card or not *shrug* >From playing with blender a bit I'd guess you need the heftiest CPU money can buy, and then buy the best video card from the money left. Wilko _ ______________________________________________________________________ | / o / / _ Arnhem, The Netherlands |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte WWW : http://www.tcja.nl ______________________________________________ Powered by FreeBSD __________ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message
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