Re: PCIe Video and Open source 3D drivers
On 10/7/07, Wakko Warner <wakko@animx.eu.org> wrote:
> Kelly Clowers wrote:
> > On 10/7/07, Wakko Warner <wakko@animx.eu.org> wrote:
> > > Please keep me CC'd, I've not subscribed to the list yet.
> >
> > If a card is supported, it shouldn't matter if it is AGP or PCIe, just as
> > with older cards, it does not matter if they are PCI or AGP.
>
> I know that 2D is supported. The question was 3D. For some time, the R300
> and newer chips were 2D only and then support for 3D was available.
>
> > I have not really heard anything about using FireGL cards, but if they
> > use the same chips as the consumer cards, I guess they should work.
> >
> > http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/ATIRadeon is probably the best place
> > to see what is supported.
>
> I've been there, but might be out of date (I did notice the last change
> date). They list R300 and above cards as not well supported for 3D. I don't
> know if that means that it might or might not work, but the FireGL X1 seems
> to be fairly well supported for what I've been doing with it (which is based
> on the Radeon 9700 R300 chip).
>
> I was looking at a V5100 or V7100 (both based on the X800 or X850 chip).
> But the question remains, is the R4xx chips supported in 3D?
Yes r400 is supported:
http://spearhead.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/gpus-beryl-what-is-needed/
Cheers,
Kelly
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