Re: Another "What Motherboard Should I Buy" question



Mark Adams <mark9117@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Anton Ertl wrote:
Anyway, the nv driver does not support hardware 3D accelaration,
thanks to Nvidia not providing the necessary programming information.

Wait, does this mean that anyone running an Nvidia card under Linux
isn't going to have 3d acceleration at all?

Not if they are using the free nv driver. They may be able to use the
proprietary "nvidia" driver, which supports hardware 3D.

- anton
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