[Cialug] [QCLUG] XGI and VIA release open source video drivers

[Chris Hilton]

Noah Justin Norris wrote:

>XGI and VIA have released open source video drivers
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>http://www.xgitech.com/about/about_press1.asp?CTID=%7BC3FD7D03-6BE1-4BB9-9F34-1221E723B87F%7D
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>http://www.via.com.tw/en/resources/pressroom/2005_archive/pr050412_driversource.jsp
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>theres already work to include them into x.org 
>his is also on http://slashdot .org
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I was checking out benchmarks for those XGI cards.  They aren't good, 
but they aren't bad.  It seems they make playable in modern games (i.e. 
Doom3, FarCry, HalfLife2).  But then again, so does my MX440...
I'd certainly be excited to see someone make truly good non-windows 
drivers for a good 3d card.  I mean, Nvidia does quite well, but it lags 
behind their Windows drivers TMK.