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Re: [PLUG] Inexpensive PCI OpenGL video adapter?
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> I just got Q3A for Linux (the Loki port) for my birthday, and I realized
> from looking at the box specs that I won't be able to play it with my
> current video "card" (quoted because it's mobo-integrated).
>
> Any suggestions for an inexpensive PCI OpenGL card? (The mobo graphics
> are AGP, but I don't have an actual AGP slot (at least, I don't *think*
> so).) Preferable ones for which the driver/X-server source is available
> (actually, *much* preferable).
>
> I'll have to spend money here, but the Big Win is that performance in X
> should improve dramatically, as I'll be able to use a
> hardware-accellerated X server. (I'll have to get an external modem as
> well, due to a limited number of slots (I hate this machine and can't
> wait to get another).)
>
> Anyway, TIA.
>
> Bill
As a previous poster mentioned, Matrox is always a good choice, however
it's not on the list of 3D accelerated drivers in XFree86 4.0.
I've been watching Diamond's Monster Fusion cards on Ebay in the last
couple weeks. $30-40, AGP or PCI based, w/16M of memory. It's got a
Voodoo Banshee chipset which is supported by Xfree86 4.0's 3D
acceleration. Check the list of supported chipsets here, under
Supported Hardware, http://www.xfree86.org/4.0/DRI.html.
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Kevin Brosius
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