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Re: Video Card



On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, Evan Van Dyke wrote:

> " Raymond A. Ingles" wrote:
> > ...from what I've gathered 2D support is a little immature, and it's
> > really hard to render into a window...
> 
> Actually, the Voodoo3 drivers have been incorporated into Xfree86 3.3.4...
> atleast, that's what the Xfree86 FAQ says.

 Okay, cool. I'll remember that. Still, I remember reading that rendering
3D into a window isn't the Voodoo's stong suit. But for full-speed
hardware rendering in Linux, they're (for now) the only game in town.

 Sincerely,

 Ray Ingles          (248) 377-7735         ray.ingles@fanucrobotics.com

 Steve Ballmer: It's still ludicrous that nobody's ever made a run at us
                by making UNIX a popular server platform on PCs. It's
                almost too late now.

 Bill Gates: It's too late. 

               -- Newsweek interview, June 23rd, 1997


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