[ale] 3D graphics device advice needed

Chris Ricker chris.ricker at genetics.utah.edu
Fri Oct 20 10:19:10 EDT 2000


On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Fulton Green wrote:

> 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 ...

The only one of those you're going to find in a laptop, AFAIK, is the ATI.  
I don't remember which models, but when I bought my newest laptop (~3 months
ago) CompUSA had a few laptops with that chipset.

later,
chris

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