OT: Accelerated 3D GFX cards with Free drivers (was Re: [linux-audio-user] Re: The best distro for music creation)

[Fernando Lopez-Lezcano]

On Wed, 2005-12-14 at 22:47 +0100, Christian Ohm wrote:
> On Wednesday, 14 December 2005 at 18:54, Rob Fell wrote:
> > Lee Revell wrote:
> > >... It would be understandable if
> > >there was no 3D hardware available with open drivers but that's not the
> > >case.
> > 
> > Given that I'm considering building a new machine, can you point to 
> > references please?  I wasn't aware any 3D GFX manufacturer had released 
> > any significant specs/code...
> 
> As far as I know the fastest 3D card with open drivers is the Radeon
> 8500/9100 (developed from specs ATI released at the time) - and I've
> heard even those are noticeably faster with the closed source drivers.

Actually AFAIK the Radeon 9250 is the latest that has 3d accel with open
source drivers. 

-- Fernando