ilug-admin at linux.ie wrote:
>> I need a 3d video card which offers hardware acceleration for an Open GL
> project under linux - asap. I've been trying to track down a Voodoo 3
> but no-one seems to be stocking them. If anyone has an old card that can
> be used for the purpose I'd gladly buy it, or if anyone can point me in
> the direction of a linux friendly vendor of 3d graphics cards that'd be
> helpful too (no-one I talked to in the usual outlets seemed to have a
> bogs notion whether their cards were supported or not...)
If you can get one, grab a 3dfx Velocity : it's a Voodoo 3 2000, with the
memory cut down from 16MB to 8MB, which makes almost no performance
difference whatsoever. They sell them for 50-60 quid because the Windows
drivers disable one of the two texture units in software to create a
perceived 'low-end' card. You can get round this by editing one registry
entry under Windows, or by just letting various utilities auto-detecte the
card under Linux. Redhat 6.1 just calls it an 8MB Voodoo3 and installs it
perfectly.
High-quality card, very cheap, and highly recommended.
EB in Dublin stocked them at £50 a couple of months back, although I think
they later raised that to £60. Not sure if they have any in stock at the
moment : they all seem to have a policy of only carrying a couple of cards
at any one time, which is annoying.
Vin
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