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Maybe we'll start getting some decent open source graphics drivers.
by RyanMcGreal 17y ago
Maybe we'll start getting some decent open source graphics drivers.
- tewks 17y agoWriting drivers is one of the most difficult aspects of producing graphics cards; perhaps you are right if competition in the space decreases.
- protomyth 17y agowell, if this article http://www.brightsideofnews.com/print/2009/10/12/an-inconvenient-truth-intel-larrabee-story-revealed.aspx http://www.brightsideofnews.com/print/2009/10/12/an-inconven... is true, then the answer is no. from the article: The problem is that Intel hired a 3rd party vendor called Tungsten Graphics [now a whole owned subsidiary of VMware Inc.] to create the drivers for the parts. Problem with those drivers is the fact that "GMA500 suffers from utterly crappy drivers. Intel didn't buy any drivers from Imagination Technologies for the SGX, but hired Tungsten Graphics to write the drivers for it. Despite the repeated protest from the side of Imagination Technologies to Intel, Tungsten drivers DO NOT use the onboard firmware of the chip, forcing the chip to resort to software vertex processing."
- fungi 17y agoWhile i share your sentiment, NVIDIA's binary blobs are pretty good. I wont be buying any ATI product until their drivers improve substantially and Intels GPU's don't really cut it for anything beyond basic desktop effects.