Hello. I know this is off topic but sorry I cannot google out where xgl people discuss things (don't find an xgl mailing list) nor documents about this. Currently xgl supports modern ATI/Nvidia cards, is there any reason why older cards are not supported? Is it because old cards are not powerful enough, or is it because xgl is using some new 3D technologies? (OpenGL 2.0?) How about cards like Matrox G450 that supports limited 3D feature? 3dfx's voodoo cards? (When I first know voodoo cards I have the impression it failed on the market largely because hardware T&L feature is missing, which I am afraid is not a necessary feature for something like xgl). Is there a hope or plan that these old 3D cards will be supported some day? -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: =?UTF-8?Q?=E8=BF=99=E6=98=AF=E4=BF=A1=E4=BB=B6=E7=9A=84=E6=95=B0? =?UTF-8?Q?=E5=AD=97=E7=AD=BE=E5=90=8D=E9=83=A8=E5=88=86?Url : http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/compiz/attachments/20060801/264caa36/attachment.pgp
On Tue, 2006-08-01 at 22:02 +0800, ??? wrote:> Currently xgl supports modern ATI/Nvidia cards, is there any reason why > older cards are not supported? Is it because old cards are not powerful > enough, or is it because xgl is using some new 3D technologies? (OpenGL > 2.0?)At least my old ATI Radeon 7000 is working perfectly (the only missing feature is the water plugin, which appears to only work on modern NVIDIA cards.) You can get this card from just about any hardware retailer for around $20, but if you toss in an extra $15 you can probably get a 9250 which has better performance and still works with the open radeon driver.
Hi, iam interested if some matrox cards are known to work ,g450 for example? regards, Sven Am Dienstag, den 01.08.2006, 17:16 +0200 schrieb Mark Rosenstand:> On Tue, 2006-08-01 at 22:02 +0800, ??? wrote: > > Currently xgl supports modern ATI/Nvidia cards, is there any reason why > > older cards are not supported? Is it because old cards are not powerful > > enough, or is it because xgl is using some new 3D technologies? (OpenGL > > 2.0?) > > At least my old ATI Radeon 7000 is working perfectly (the only missing > feature is the water plugin, which appears to only work on modern NVIDIA > cards.) > > You can get this card from just about any hardware retailer for around > $20, but if you toss in an extra $15 you can probably get a 9250 which > has better performance and still works with the open radeon driver. > > _______________________________________________ > compiz mailing list > compiz@lists.freedesktop.org > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/compiz