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It has a server-style BMC which drives the HDMI port. It's only a basic 2D framebuffer device (with basic 3D "support" through the LLVMpipe OpenGL/Mesa software
by MrRadar 8y ago
It has a server-style BMC which drives the HDMI port. It's only a basic 2D framebuffer device (with basic 3D "support" through the LLVMpipe OpenGL/Mesa software rasterizer), though Raptor Computer claims it's good enough for daily use. Obviously if you need high-performance 3D or more than 1 display you need would an add-in card.
- jandrese 8y agoYou might run into problems with compositing window managers on that interface. Gnome supposedly has a pure-software fallback now, but it may be less than ideal. Most systems assume a minimal level of 3D acceleration support for desktop use. Watching video, browsing the web, etc... could suck down a lot more CPU than you're used to. NBD if you're using it as a server, but problematic as a daily driver desktop.
- tpearson-raptor 8y agoFor what it's worth, LLVMPipe normally picks up the basic 3D requirements without much trouble. When using Xorg though you definitely want to enable the 2D acceleration and disable Glamor; the chip is a fairly decent 2D framebuffer. On a slightly different topic, I'm not sure this push to force libre software into requiring a 3D GPU is a good idea while every 3D capable card / chip currently being made relies on proprietary firmware enforcing various forms of DRM. If at some point the already existing DRM starts being extended to protect modern 3D support (e.g consider no 4k /8k 3D allowed without DRM handshake), there is no reasonable fallback for the desktop (leaving games etc. aside); this is not a good place to be IMO.