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X graphics get a boost (NewsForge)
X graphics get a boost (NewsForge)
Posted Feb 7, 2006 21:29 UTC (Tue) by mattdm (subscriber, #18)In reply to: X graphics get a boost (NewsForge) by pizza
Parent article: X graphics get a boost (NewsForge)
Hmmm; the X11R7.0 docs still say "2D only" for the R300. Thanks for the pointer to the Radeon 9250, though (also not in the current docs...).
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X graphics get a boost (NewsForge)
Posted Feb 7, 2006 22:27 UTC (Tue) by elanthis (subscriber, #6227) [Link]
The R300 stuff is in development.
Can't say for sure, but possibly by the time that XGL is actually ready for the casual user, the R300 drivers could be stable and usable enough.
X graphics get a boost (NewsForge)
Posted Feb 16, 2006 21:50 UTC (Thu) by anton (guest, #25547) [Link]
Thanks for the pointer to the Radeon 9250, though.If you are interested in performance, make sure you get a version with a 128-bit memory interface. You don't see the 64-bit interface advertised much, but either on a Sapphire or a Club3D box I saw a button that said "128-bit" (and my Sapphire 9250 definitely has 128 bits, but they might also make the cheaper ones).