RE: New video card?

[Kevin_Saenz dell com]

Or if worse comes to worse you could download Xfree86 4.
it's the latest version of X and it has the GL modules
for alot of cards have alook at http://www.xfree86.org
X is approx > 50meg.
Have fun

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard [mailto:degage teleport com]
> Sent: Tuesday, 28 March 2000 1:27
> To: redhat-install-list redhat com
> Subject: Re: New video card?
> 
> 
> I had the same learning experience with this card.  Not being 
> satisfied
> with that
> I waited a few months, bought a new monitor and put myself through the
> same torture all
> over again, compounded with the knowledge that I "ought to 
> remember how
> I did it before."
> I did get the card to work with Quake II and can play the game though
> the save option seems
> not to work well.  I have been able to use different resolutions also,
> by following the
> manual directions (pages 8,9).  I can't say I understand yet 
> exactly how
> they work.  As I
> understand it from the XFree86 notes, even for 3.3.6, 
> hardware accel for
> this card is still
> not supported but they are working on it.  I did not see in 
> the release
> notes for 4.0 that it
> is supported yet.  Richard
> Joe Hylkema wrote:
> > 
> > I am running RH 6.1 with an AMD K6-2/350.  I have an ATI Rage Fury
> > 32MB AGP video card.
> > 
> > I want to play hardware-accelerated GL-Quake.  It's my understanding
> > that the only presently supported cards for this purpose 
> are 3DFX cards,
> > is this true?  If so, which cards?  Has anybody gotten 
> GLQuake to work
> > with a similar config?
> > 
> > Incidentally, this card was a PAIN IN THE ASS to get to 
> work right with
> > Linux.  It was a learning experience - I learned how many different
> > curse words I know.  :(
> > 
> > Any feedback would be appreciated.
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
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