Re: r300 driver stability

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On 5/31/07, Sam Varshavchik <mrsam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Andras Simon writes:

> On 5/31/07, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Andras Simon wrote:
>> > I'm putting together a new box that is going to have Fedora 7 (x86_64
>> > if it matters) on it. The last remaining component I haven't made up
>> > my mind on is the video card. I don't need stellar 3D performance (a
>> > little hardware 3D acceleration would be nice though), but I'm very
>> > much concerned about stability. Having been bitten in the past by the
>> > proprietary NVidia drivers, this time I'm leaning towards the r300
>> > series of ATI cards, as they are supported by OS drivers. (Actually,
>> > I'd prefer one of the r200 series of cards, but I haven't found one
>> > with a PCIe interface.) But since the r300 driver is based on reverse
>> > engineering, I'm not sure if this is a safe choice. Could someone who
>> > uses it tell about his/her experiences, especially stability-wise?
>> >
>> > Andras
>>
>> Have you considered Intel? I believe they provide the only vendor
>> supplied open drivers that support 3D.
>
> It's too late for that. I already have the motherboard...

He meant Intel's video card, they don't make only CPUs:

http://www.intel.com/products/motherboard/d945gnt/index.htm

This video card should be supported on Fedora 7 out of the box, with
accelerated 3D.  Ask on the fedora-users mailing list, it is monitored by
Intel's employees; I'm pretty sure that it's good to go, but you should try
to get a confirmation from the horse's mouth.

Perhaps I'm missing something, but this looks like a motherboard to
me, not a video card.

The above card is for the ATX form factor.  There are other variations of
this card for other form factors.

Isn't it itself an ATX motherboard, rather than a card for an ATX board?

Andras


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