Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] newbie q: making a machine
From: Frank Barknecht (fbar_AT_footils.org)
Date: Thu May 22 2003 - 17:46:27 EEST
Hallo,
Jan Depner hat gesagt: // Jan Depner wrote:
> Just had to reply to this.
It's a controversial issue, so I expected replys...
> Where I work we use NVIDIA graphics cards exclusively. Why -
> because they are the only graphics card manufacturer with an
> accelerated 3D driver for Linux. Yes, it's closed but we have no
> choice since we are working with software that requires accelerated
> 3D drivers (IVS' Fledermaus). Graphics card manufacturing is a very
> competitive industry so I can understand their position on this.
> OTOH, I agree completely about the motherboard.
I understand your motives. I have a Matrox 450 here, which has open
source 3D acceleration, but not very much of it ;)
In fact, when only graphics cards were concerned I didn't care much. I
sometime raised my voice, but I don't *need* to run the fastest 3d
card (I still have a Dreamcast), so it wasn't that important to me.
The latest Nvidia mainboard activities however really upset me,
because without (open-sourced) mainboard drivers the whole system is
getting useless. So this is fulfilling my prophecies: That Nvidia used
their closed Linux drivers to get a foot in the door. Now even ATI
doesn't release specs for several of their cards. It's going in a bad
direction. Unfourtunatly to a lot of users closed source drivers are
not an issue, as long as it works (fast).
But what we get into here is a situation just like we audio folks had
some years ago when the only pro-soundcard drivers were a commercial
product by 4Front.
ciao
-- Frank Barknecht _ ______footils.org__
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