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R. Bosch | 1 Oct 2002 23:25
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Re: Upgrade question

On Mon, 30 Sep 2002 20:36:46 +0100  Mister Ian just HAD to write the following:

> pport manufacturers that do it right (or right-er, as neither VIA nor
> ATI are being completely open yet).

Then what do you recommend then??

I'm waiting for the hcc-days (Dutch computer event) to get a new graphic card, yet I'm at a loss what to
buy.... It's like looking in thick fog. I might consider a new mobo, but there's no real need...

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Ian Molton | 1 Oct 2002 01:28

Re: Upgrade question

On Mon, 30 Sep 2002 21:34:23 +0000 (UTC)
remy.bosch <at> hccnet.nl ("R. Bosch") wrote:

> > pport manufacturers that do it right (or right-er, as neither VIA
> > nor ATI are being completely open yet).
> 
> Then what do you recommend then??

ATI seem to be the only mainstream one even close to the open source
spirit.

I honestly dont know enough about the oddballs like kyro II to comment,
except I heard the matrox parhelia wont be open...

> I'm waiting for the hcc-days (Dutch computer event) to get a new
> graphic card, yet I'm at a loss what to buy.... It's like looking in
> thick fog. I might consider a new mobo, but there's no real need...

The r300 (radeon 9xxx) arent supported by DRI yet.

the 8500 series look to be getting decent support soon.

the 7500 series works very well, despite ATI not allowing use of all its
features.

I get over 100fps in most bits of Q3, with 1024x768 full on everything,
except trilinear filtering. (7500 DDR 64)

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R. Bosch | 2 Oct 2002 14:44
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Re: Upgrade question

On Tue, 1 Oct 2002 00:28:15 +0100  Mister Ian just HAD to write the following:

> the 8500 series look to be getting decent support soon.

Ok, then. I'll consider the gamble ;-)

Thanks for the info!

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R. Bosch | 1 Oct 2002 23:31
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Re: Upgrade question

On Wed, 2 Oct 2002 14:44:24 +0200  Mister R. just HAD to write the following:

> > the 8500 series look to be getting decent support soon.

Just took a look on ati's site... The b*sterds only "support" rpms :-(

Was looking At a nice all in wonder 8500DV 8-}

(sorry for language)

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Ian Molton | 2 Oct 2002 00:01

Re: Upgrade question

On Tue, 1 Oct 2002 21:31:19 +0000 (UTC)
remy.bosch <at> hccnet.nl ("R. Bosch") wrote:

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> Just took a look on ati's site... The b*sterds only "support" rpms :-(

I remembered... the package demangler 'alien' is what you need...

> Was looking At a nice all in wonder 8500DV 8-}

sweet :)
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Jeroen Coumans | 2 Oct 2002 08:08
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Re: Upgrade question

On Wednesday 02 October 2002 00:01, Ian Molton wrote:
> I remembered... the package demangler 'alien' is what you need...

This in combinaton with cpio is enough. Alien is overkill IMHO...

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Ian Molton | 2 Oct 2002 19:42

Re: Upgrade question

On Wed, 2 Oct 2002 06:09:58 +0000 (UTC)
jeroencoumans <at> gmx.net (Jeroen Coumans) wrote:

> On Wednesday 02 October 2002 00:01, Ian Molton wrote:
> > I remembered... the package demangler 'alien' is what you need...
> 
> This in combinaton with cpio is enough. Alien is overkill IMHO...

nice.

I never liked Alien because its written in Perl ;-)
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