[nylug-talk] Video Cards....

[Joseph M. Gaffney]

On Wednesday 08 November 2006 14:21, Ah Pook wrote:
> On Wednesday 08 November 2006 10:13 am, Joseph M. Gaffney wrote:
> > On Wednesday 08 November 2006 09:59, Ruben Safir wrote:
> > > Well, to my limited understanding, there is still no free drivers
> > > for any current video card on the market.
> >
> > Via's and Intel's offerings aside (integrated, not really a card),
> > all I can come up with is XGI - and they haven't answered my emails.
>
> Is nobody mentioning nv for some obvious reason that I'm embarrassing
> myself for not knowing?
>
> s/nv/matrox/ and repeat.

What started all this was my post... I like to get hardware fully supported 
through open source drivers, by the manufacturer.  If NVidia were to open up 
their drivers including 3D capabilities, I doubt I would have even brought it 
up :)

Obviously theres some areas that it just can't be done.  The PC this is all 
about, for me, is a new a/v workstation.  The pro audio realm hasn't quite 
gotten there yet, though many have signed NDA's with prominent developers for 
the design specifications to allow open drivers to be developed - such as 
with FreeBoB development.  So, I'll do what I can, where I can, to let 
manufacturers know what I want is good hardware, with free, open drivers.  I 
want their involvement in the community, and thats going to drive my 
spending.  With any luck, enough of us will do the same, and the idea will 
get through :)

-Joseph M. Gaffney aka CuCullin