X graphics get a boost (NewsForge)

X graphics get a boost (NewsForge)

Posted Feb 7, 2006 22:31 UTC (Tue) by elanthis (subscriber, #6227)
In reply to: X graphics get a boost (NewsForge) by Quartz
Parent article: X graphics get a boost (NewsForge)

Xglx uses the OpenGL support of an existing X server. So, theoretically, if you have a card that can do OpenGL in X today, then you can use Xglx.

Note that Xglx requires that certain operations be accelerated which not all drivers currently do, although the popular ones are being fixed right now.

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