[ale] 3D graphics device advice needed

[Pritchard, Kenneth]

ASL sells laptops with Linux and accelerated X 
pre-installed. Check them out at
http://www.aslab.com/contents/products.html. I
don't know if this is exactly what you are looking
for, but they seem to sell quality laptops.

Ken

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fulton Green [mailto:ale at FultonGreen.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 11:56 AM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: [ale] 3D graphics device advice needed
> 
> 
> OK, so I've had my 300 lb. 266 MHz MMX w/2D-only graphics notebook for
> two
> and a half years now, and I'm thinking it might be time to upgrade.
> I'd
> prefer to get another notebook, but I'll settle for a tower and LCD
> display
> if I can't find what I need.
> 
> One requirement for the target system is that there be at least some
> moderate
> support for 3D graphics using XFree 4.0's direct rendering
> infrastructure
> (DRI) combined with the 2.4 kernel's direct rendering management
> feature.
> I'd really like to get back into the "wasting my time with Quake"
> mode. :)
> 
> According to the config for linux-2.4.0-test10-pre3, the following
> devices 
> have at least an attempt at support for DRI:
> 
> 3dfx Banshee/Voodoo3+
> 3dlabs GMX 2000
> ATI Rage 128
> Intel I810
> Matrox g200/g400
> 
> Out of these devices, frame buffer support exists only for:
> 
> 3dfx Banshee/Voodoo3+
> ATI Rage 128
> Matrox
> 
> so I'm guessing I should limit my choice to one of these three
> platforms.
> 
> So ... any thoughts? Any feedback on either the devices' relation to
> Linux
> or simply a heads-up on a notebook incorporating one of these would be
> greatly appreciated ...
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