On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:28:39 -0500 Daniel Dickinson <cshore@bmts.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm looking at getting a video card, and I want to know what video > card that has 3D acceleration to get. Normally I'd ask on -users but > as the subject says I want to know what video cards will still have > acceleration when the non-free firmware is removed from the kernel, > which is supposed to happen for squeeze. > > I had heard that the ATI cards, which would normally be my first > choice, have non-free firmware in the driver, which may be removed. > Is this true, and if so what accelerated cards will have have > acceleration once non-free firmware is removed. Development of open source drivers is moving quite fast these days. So I would expect decent 3D acceleration in open source drivers at the time Squeeze is release. Best to ask on xorg@lists.freedesktop.org. Cheers, harry
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