Re: [gNewSense-users] Compatible Video Cards with 3D Acceleration

[Kevin Dean]

If you're looking to build a fully functional, libre system NOW, Intel
is your only choice. The nouveau driver won't be ready for day to day
use until the end of the year, if that.

However, I refuse to buy Intel products (processor, motherboards or
graphics chipsets) because they developed and licensed a DRM scheme
that is rather common.

I should also say for this topic, AMD made a press release a few days
ago declaring their intention to "Open Source" their video drivers;
but that may or may not happen, and it may or may not actually be
libre.

On 5/16/07, Josh Martens <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hmm, okay, I must have misunderstood them...
>
> Now I'm unsure if I should be looking a Thinkpad T61 with Intel 965, or the 
> nVidia card.
>
>
> On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 11:34:52AM -0400, Kevin Dean wrote:
> > Not sure what you means by "a bunch of hex in the code". The only hex
> > I see in nouveau is initial device flagging, which is a SINGLE memory
> > address used to identify the card type. I think this is signifigantly
> > different than a block of executible code - essentially it's the
> > card's NAME - not code.
> >
> > One of the goals of the nouveau project is to write totally free
> > driver; they specifically state that NOT creating binary blobs is an
> > official goal of the project.
> >
> > If you mean the OFFICIAL (restricted) nVidia driver, oh. ;) Yeah,
> > that's the nature of non-Free stuff. RENouveau is designed to help
> > look at that hex, the memory addresses it affects and, by running
> > standardized tests, watch changes in the memory, and from that they're
> > writing a Libre driver.
> >
> > And while I would also suggest Intel graphics right now because
> > they're the only fully functional AND Libre, the OP needs an AGP
> > expansion card, not integrated.
> >
> > On 5/16/07, Josh Martens <address@hidden> wrote:
> > >I spoke with the nouveau guys and they said there there was a bunch of hex
> > >in the code, that they didn't really understand and manipulating it was
> > >just guess work, they didn't really understand it.
> > >
> > >I hear the Intel 965 is quite good.
> >
> >
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