Re: New video card?

[Richard <degage teleport com>]

Actually I did download the new 4.0 version, hoping it would have the
right stuff.  Note 2.13.6 in the 
release notes states it is not yet accelerated but is planned for a
future release.  An earlier note 
says several 3dfx cards are ok in this release, but not all yet. 
Earlier note also suggests that second
quarter 2000 may be a time to look for this ability.  The introductory
notes regarding beta quality, not
maybe quite stable yet, and so on, while intended to be informative were
more scary to me.  Maybe soon I will
set up a second box to play with.  They suggest 3.3.6 as the most
currently stable.  And I don't know enough
yet to effectively trouble-shoot.  Only enough shoot myself in the foot
and get in deeper trouble.  On the
other hand, my linux system is up, running, and used daily for more than
just games.  Richard
Kevin_Saenz dell com wrote:
> 
> 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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