From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264340AbTLCChO (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Dec 2003 21:37:14 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264470AbTLCChO (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Dec 2003 21:37:14 -0500 Received: from mail47-s.fg.online.no ([148.122.161.47]:65441 "EHLO mail47.fg.online.no") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264340AbTLCChN (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Dec 2003 21:37:13 -0500 To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Gene Heskett , Stephan von Krawczynski , jbglaw@lug-owl.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux 2.4 future References: <200312021439.52933.gene.heskett@verizon.net> <20031202213228.5747cbfe.skraw@ithnet.com> <200312021648.07050.gene.heskett@verizon.net> From: Harald Arnesen Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 03:36:57 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Linus Torvalds's message of "Tue, 2 Dec 2003 13:56:13 -0800 (PST)") Message-ID: <877k1emxti.fsf@basilikum.skogtun.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Linus Torvalds writes: > On Tue, 2 Dec 2003, Gene Heskett wrote: >> >> So what are you using? And how does it work, at least for a >> non-gamer? > > If you're a nongamer, almost anything will work. Intel's integrated > graphics is pretty well supported even with 3D (and better than most in > 2D), and Intel documents their hardware. It helps if you have one of the > newer dual-DDR-400 setups, since the Intel stuff is UMA and will eat > main-memory bandwidth. > > The ATI R200-based cards tend to work well with DRI too, and are typically > higher performance than the integrated chipsets (ie you can actually play > most games comfortably). I second that. I have an ATI Radeon 9200, and I can play Tuxracer, America's Army (BOO!), and any other 3D-game without any problem. -- Hilsen Harald.