Re: How should we deal with 'pointless-on-this-arch' packages?
On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 09:33:51AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> > If an Amiga (using the unaccelerated fb driver?) is running as an X
> > Terminal for a powerful, modern box, the Amiga would need to process
> > the OpenGL commands, no?
>
> There are no amigas with unaccelerated FB driver I believe, which does
> not mean the FB is all that fast though. There are also crads with 3D
> hardware and even cards allowing to use PCI graphic cards,
> theoretically. But I don't think there is anything actually supported
> and in use capable of realtime 3D gaming. Would a Virge 3D card even
> be good enough to play Tuxracer? Anything that needs realtime GL is
> probably useless for m68k.
X is generally moving towards GL, so 3D games are not everything.
Michael
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