Re: openfirmware display
Ethan Benson wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 11:17:35PM -0400, fheitka@attglobal.net wrote:
> > Ouch!! I just noticed that I could have ordered my Mac with the Radeon
> > instead of the GForce 2 card. The Radeon card is around $200 and
> > supposedly is quite a bit slower than the GForce 2 MX though.
>
> what good is a fast card if you can't use it? i assure you a radeon
> with a nice supported driver is much faster with nvidia and
> video=ofonly.
The obvious point. On powerpc, the nvidia is a brick, so speed
comparisons are moot. BTW, on x86 under windoze, the Radeon card is
"slower," but definitely not "quite a bit slower." The radeon is a
perfectly good 3D card and a perfectly good substitute over the
nvidia, IMHO.
> > I didn't do my homework :( I guess I saw that the GForce 2 worked with
> > ia32 Linux and assumed it would work with PPC Linux too since most other
> > programs and some drivers do. I got my Mac a couple months ago.
>
> where did you hear that nvidia worked with i386? it sucks just as
> badly there unless you use proprietary drivers which make your system
> more unreliable then win95.
Er, stick to the previous point. My gaming machine has a Geforce 2
in it and I use the proprietary drivers and it works great. But you
can't upgrade your software all the time. I probably wouldn't be
all that happy if I had to use it as my daily workstation, because
you have to stick to the version of X that the driver works with.
Except when running Q3, I pretty much use Windoze on it anyway. It
was a free, to me, but legal copy, I swear. If there are any
questions, speak to my lawyer.
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