[wplug] ATI 9250 vs. Matrox G450

[Bryon Gill]

I've got a Radeon 9250, and it's been quite servicable.  I was running it 
dual-headed for a while (using the dvi and vga outs independently), and now I 
just use it for a 1600x1200 desktop and I really never use the dri drivers. 
It'll run quake 3 reasonably well with the free as in freedom DRI drivers, but 
forget about anything newer than ut2004 as far as games go.

Bryon

On Tue, 29 Aug 2006, Ben Beige wrote:

> Hmm the dual head g450 I have I knw I coudln't get o work w/ quake 3,
> and was informed that it didn't do 3D, ohh well
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> On 8/29/06, Vance Kochenderfer <vkochend at nyx.net> wrote:
>> Ben Beige wrote:
>> > The one major diferance is if you want 3D acceleration for anyhtign
>> > you want the ATI card, the G450 has no 3D chipset.
>> 
>> The Matrox G450 (the card I currently have) works under DRI
>> <http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/Matrox> and seems to handle OpenGL
>> games like Tux Racer and Armagetron OK.
>> 
>> Or maybe you mean something different by "3D acceleration" than I'm
>> thinking of?
>> 
>> Vance Kochenderfer        |  "Get me out of these ropes and into a
>> vkochend at nyx.net          |   good belt of Scotch"    -Nick Danger
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