Re: Graphics cards with Free drivers
On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 11:00:02AM -0400, Robert Isaac wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 11:14 PM, Douglas A. Tutty <dtutty@porchlight.ca> wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 11:04:35PM +1000, Dean Hamstead wrote:
> > > the reverse engineered nvidia driver is working now,
> > >
> > > cant recall the name of it.
> >
> > nv
>
> Which is 2d only, the nouveau driver is the one aiming for full 3d but
> without specs from nVidia it is slow going at best and is currently
> limited to 2d.
>
> nVidia doesn't have a 3d alternative to their blob.
>
Other than games, for what is 3d used? Does it take 3d to render a
movie full-screen using the hardware, or is that a 2d function?
I _do_ know that the nVidia driver on my EN7300 card produces faster
rendering of e.g. kpdf or iceweasel and a clearer picture when watching
movies (full-screen on my CRT 1600x1200, deinterlaced blend) than when I
use the nv driver.
Doug.
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