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On February 4, 2008 10:40:47 pm alain.didierjean@××××.fr wrote: |
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> I have been given a superb Iiyama 24' Vision Master Pro display (considered |
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> too bulky for the office it was in). |
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> I have to buy a new graphics card able to plug it in. It must: |
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> - be able to display 2048x1536 at 87Hz |
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> - be able of 3d acceleration |
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> - use, as much as possible, an Open Source driver |
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> - not be too expensive (<$120) |
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> Advices & experiences welcome. |
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If you want GL support with Free (as in Freedom) drivers, I've found that you |
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can't beat the ease of Intel chips. Granted, they're not as impressive as an |
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Nvidia card, but unlike the other big graphics card companies, Intel's been |
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very good to the Freedesktop developers wrt getting the drivers together. |
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As I understand it, X's nv driver (regardless of the age of the card) doesn't |
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support 3d hardware acceleration due to Nvidia's refusal to share information |
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with the community, and only some of the older (>1.5years) ATI cards are |
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fully supported with the Free drivers. |
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My laptop has an intel graphics chip (on board) and it does GL stuff great. |
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My desktop has an ATI Radeon X800 XL and while it took a while to get things |
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working, it does 3d stuff very well now. |
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Nature is not a green museum. It's not stagnant. It evolves. Every time we |
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manage, we lose knowledge. |
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- Anna Maria Valastro, Peaceful Parks |
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