Re:tlug: GeForce and Linux

["Scott M. Stone" <sstone@example.com>]

On Fri, 12 May 2000, Austin Kurahone wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> >the driver is built into the SVGA server for 3.3.5/3.3.6.  I wonder if
> >nVidia's 4.0 driver is any better/faster than the existing 3.3.x one?
> AFAIK, what nVidia provides is not the Xserver bit, but just what is neccecary
> to use all the extra 3d-acceleration goodness that you paid for. (Or at least
> that's how it is with my TNT2).

I just hope that they have drivers for the NV15 (GeForce 2) when it comes
out, since that's about when I'm trading in my 550MHz athlon for an 850MHz
Athlon Thunderbird, an Asus K7V (4x AGP) motherboard, and an NV15-based
card. Everquest will be able to run at like 250 fps instead of the measly
100 that I get now :)


what's REALLY painful is building applications on the Athlon under Linux.
I get spoiled by it.  THEN when I have to do a new build of sendmail or
ssh or what have you on my Sparc-4 (70MHz sun4m) I keep swearing at it..


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Scott M. Stone, CCNA <sstone@example.com>
UNIX Systems and Network Engineer
Taos - The SysAdmin Company 

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