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.
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