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like the text-only console, you mean?like the text-only console, you mean?Posted Sep 1, 2005 14:00 UTC (Thu) by smoogen (subscriber, #97)In reply to: like the text-only console, you mean? by xoddam Parent article: Linux and desktop graphics
Because it is extra bits that have to be kept around, tested and ported for cards. A lot of the newer cards do not have a 2D API in them because it is too suboptimal for the cards CPU. I think I heard one engineer put it as "Its like putting a trailer hitch on a dragster."
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