Re: 3DLabs Oxygen VX1

[N Novakovic <nova pacific net sg>]

I took a look at Compaq Alpha web site, and there is no mentioning of VX1 
anywhere, even under systems and options lists for XP1000 or DS20E, or on 
the powerstorm graphics or Tru64 pages. Strange...

Since VX1 itself is also becoming obsolete, I'd personally prefer to see 
Compaq support Nvidia on the Alpha (both Tru64 and Linux). Once AGP Alphas 
are out, you could essentially have the same graphics card on both Alpha 
and Intel systems from Compaq (Geforce 3 / Quadro 3 by that time). Plus, 
that could enable Alpha to return to the 3-D workstation market.

Nova


At 01:39 PM 12/20/00 -0500, you wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 21, 2000 at 01:15:34AM +0800, N Novakovic wrote:
> >
> > Does it mean VX1 is supported (incl. OpenGL) in Tru64 v5 as well on sa
> > XP1000 and DS20 etc?
>
> Yes, I believe so, though I have no idea about OpenGL under Tru64.
> There's currently no 3D HW support in the XFree86 driver for VX1, and
> I don't know what future plans might be.
>
> > Will we also be able to use AGP VX1 in near-future
> > AGP-enabled successor to DS20?
>
> Yes, but its the successor to the ES40.
>
> > Or should we expect Nvidia GeForce 3 to be supported on Alphas by then?
>
> No idea.
>
> --Jay++
>
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