Re: [TCLUG:11967] Voodoo3 cards

[Jon Schewe <jpschewe@eggplant.mtu.net>]

Dave Sherohman wrote:
> 
> My quest for hardware acceleration using my Black Magic card appears to have
> been a failure.  But, in the process I learned that Voodoo3 has a crucial
> feature that the earlier 3dfx cards lack:  The ability to use hardware
> acceleration in a window.
> 
> So I count the failure as no loss, for I would replace my card to gain this
> feature even were my existing card to work properly.  Which brings me to my
> question:
> 
> What would you recommend as a good, Linux-friendly Voodoo3 card?
> 
Pretty much any of them, they've got Linux drivers right on their
sight.  Goto http://www.3dfx.com and look under the drivers.  A friend
of mine at work just put a VooDoo3 3000 in his machine and it works
great.  He hasn't played with the glide drivers much yet, but that
shouldn't be too tough.
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Jon Schewe 
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