Free 3D drivers
Free 3D drivers
Posted Dec 18, 2005 11:32 UTC (Sun) by anton (subscriber, #25547)In reply to: Alright, BUT. by jmorris42
Parent article: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario
>The only fly in the ointment is 3D. Sure, as another poster already
>mentioned, Intel's shared memory junk is supported but ATI[1] & Nvidia
>aren't so you have to muck with that one issue.
Actually, there are free 3D drivers for ATI R100 and R200 based
graphics cards, i.e., Radeon 9250 and below.
There are people working on R300, but AFAIK that's without getting the
programming information from ATI, so if you want to vote with your
wallet, stick with the R200-based cards (and don't buy Nvidia).