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Author: KevinO'Connorkevin_oconnor@geocities.com
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Subject: 3dfx
I have a Voodoo 3 2000 in my SMP box ( 2x550 Celerons ) and while
playing Q3A it ROCKS !

My $.02 worth ...

Kevin
Mike Cantrell wrote:
>
> No DRI support for nVidia cards because of the closed source drivers
> (not linux's fault of course)... 3dfx has really came to the table with
> it's arms out but I still get really poor performance with my voodoo3
> with games like Unreal Tournament and Quake 3.
>
> It's much better than it use to be but it still has a long way to go.
> That's one of the reasons I wanted more info on Xfree86 4 and DRI. I
> installed xfree86 4 and configured everything according to all the doc's
> I could find... I was running the GL gears test and other GL apps OK but
> q3 still ran like shit (comapred to windows)...
>
> Just my $cents++
>
> Mike
>
> wrote:
> >
> > \_ Poor GL support
> >
> > Define poor GL support, if you would?
> >
> > I've done some hairy things in GL on my p120 at home....
> >
> > Though if you mean apps that support GL, then I'd be inclined to agree
> > with you...
> >
> > David
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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>
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--
Kevin O'Connor

"Waving away a cloud of smoke, I look up, and am blinded by a bright,
white
light. It's God. No, not Richard Stallman, or Linus Torvalds, but God.
In
a booming voice, He says: "THIS IS A SIGN. USE LINUX, THE FREE UNIX
SYSTEM
FOR THE 386."
(Matt Welsh)