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Where are the Good Open Source Games?
H_TeXMeX_H:
--- Quote from: piratePenguin ---They're better than NVIDIA, IMO.
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I seriously doubt that ... based on my experiences with ATI ... no they weren't good. Out of 3 ATI cards I've had in the past, all 3 of them had major problems. The first ATI card, an All-in-Wonder had major campatibility issues with just about every game I played. The last 2 were both mobility radeons ... the first one burned for no particular reason after bouts of "failure to draw" errors that caused the monitor to blank out. The second mobility radeon has the same types of errors, but it didn't burn ... yet. (and no it isn't my fault ... I even bought a laptop cooler just in case it wasn't properly ventilating) On the other hand, I've never had a single problem with any nvidia card ... of course I've heard people tell me a story exactly opposite of the one I'm telling ... so I dunno. Anyone know of a better video card company ?
piratePenguin:
--- Quote from: H_TeXMeX_H ---I seriously doubt that ... based on my experiences with ATI ... no they weren't good. Out of 3 ATI cards I've had in the past, all 3 of them had major problems. The first ATI card, an All-in-Wonder had major campatibility issues with just about every game I played. The last 2 were both mobility radeons ... the first one burned for no particular reason after bouts of "failure to draw" errors that caused the monitor to blank out. The second mobility radeon has the same types of errors, but it didn't burn ... yet. (and no it isn't my fault ... I even bought a laptop cooler just in case it wasn't properly ventilating) On the other hand, I've never had a single problem with any nvidia card ...
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Whoa, that's pretty bad. Never heard of anything like it before.
--- Quote ---Anyone know of a better video card company ?
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Yup :)
worker201:
--- Quote from: piratePenguin ---- use a free driver for NVIDIA cards that has hardware acceleration (which I couldn't do because the DRI project aren't making a driver for NVIDIA cards because NVIDIA ain't providing the doc's they need. :fu: NVIDIA!).
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What a bunch of asswipes. That is so limp, not releasing engineering specifications. They think somebody is going to use their technical documents to start making knock-off cards? Whatever. By the time some mystery graphics card manufacturer has retooled their entire shop to copy the card design, it will be outdated. Wider support for cards = wider demand for cards. They release the docs, they make more money - it really is that simple. Like I have said before, release the docs in a licensed checkout way, so you can keep track of who is using the docs. This would help NVidia keep an eye on copycats, and help (or exchange ideas with) driver developers. As the market shifts farther away from Windows (as I am sure it will continue to do), they will have to get with the program eventually. Why not start now?
btw, I have had pretty good luck with my Radeon 9500, which came in my office Dell. I don't play games, but I do use Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, and gimp a lot. I don't know if that helps you or not. All hardware has a fanbase and a hatebase and an idontgiveafuckbase.
piratePenguin:
--- Quote from: worker201 ---Like I have said before, release the docs in a licensed checkout way, so you can keep track of who is using the docs. This would help NVidia keep an eye on copycats, and help (or exchange ideas with) driver developers.
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ATi did that with their cards up to the 9200 (no idea what happened after that). The "developer program" was available to the DRI guys on a case-by-case basis, and after agreeing to a non-disclosure agreement (source).
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btw, I have had pretty good luck with my Radeon 9500, which came in my office Dell. I don't play games, but I do use Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, and gimp a lot. I don't know if that helps you or not.
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Good good.
Pathos:
http://www.icculus.org/lgfaq/gamelist.php?license=free
not all open source but some good ones.
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