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

[Paul Davis]

> > all that RME is referring to here are 2 things:
> > 
> > 	a) direct monitoring without CPU involvement
> > 	      - well yeah, except that even consumer analog
> > 	        cards do that
> > 
> >         b) the card is a DMA busmaster, and so the CPU doesn't 
> > 	   need to be involved in transferring data to the 
> > 	   card, it just stuffs it into host-side RAM
> > 	      - well yeah, except that almost every other
> > 	        PCI card on the planet *except* RME's
> > 	        earlier designs do this too. this is 
> > 	        really just an apology for the incredibly
> >                 stupid design of the digi96 series, which
> > 	        require active participation by the host 
> > 	        CPU to move data to the card.
> > 
> > --p
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> That explains why this was cheaper at the time (over a year ago)
> I thought I would get this as:

you should try to clarify what you mean by "this" in the last 2
sentences.

> 1 It was supported
> 2 I could add more cards as the system grew
> 3 The website seemed to infer Linux Support

all 3 are true for the digi96 series, the digi96XX series and the HDSP
series. the digi96 is not recommended, however.

--p