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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: fatman2021 on September 16, 2003, 04:50:08 AM

Title: AmigaOne Graphics drivers
Post by: fatman2021 on September 16, 2003, 04:50:08 AM: I would like to know what graphics/video drivers are available for the AmigaOne (PowerPC Linux/AmigaOS 4)?
Title: Re: AmigaOne Graphics drivers
Post by: Druideck on September 16, 2003, 06:45:33 AM: If they use SciTech SNAP drivers, it would support
about 150 to 200 graphics chipsets.
This would include most voodoo, radeon, nvidia etc.
Title: Re: AmigaOne Graphics drivers
Post by: JurassicCamper on September 16, 2003, 08:27:02 AM: Inital 3D support will be for Voodoo 3 & Permedia 2
3D Support for Radeons will come later in an update.
Title: Re: AmigaOne Graphics drivers
Post by: DonnyEMU on September 16, 2003, 09:32:18 AM: Okay so how available are voodoo 3s these days, how about radeons and geforce fx's
Title: Re: AmigaOne Graphics drivers
Post by: Rogue on September 16, 2003, 11:16:00 AM: Radeon support will follow quickly after initial release.

GeForce is out of question, that is because NVidia does not give away any sort of documentation. Without that, writing a driver is strictly impossible. There is also no open-source driver for this around.
Title: Re: AmigaOne Graphics drivers
Post by: chris on September 16, 2003, 01:40:44 PM: Quote

Rogue wrote:
Radeon support will follow quickly after initial release.

Which Radeons will be supported for 2D and 3D?

Chris
Title: Re: AmigaOne Graphics drivers
Post by: Rogue on September 18, 2003, 06:20:09 PM: Quote
Which Radeons will be supported for 2D and 3D?

7xxx models will have initial support. What comes next depends a bit on the circumstances; I'd guess that A W3DV4 driver for 8xxx could come, but it might as well all go Nova at that time.
Title: Re: AmigaOne Graphics drivers
Post by: fatman2021 on September 18, 2003, 08:06:44 PM: Gforce4 will be supported through SNAP drivers
Title: Re: AmigaOne Graphics drivers
Post by: lempkee on September 18, 2003, 08:58:56 PM: fatman: rogue just answered , i guess he knows more about this than you...or?

but sure i hope for gforce4 drivers...

--edit (i wrote YES instead of just ..lol
Title: Re: AmigaOne Graphics drivers
Post by: fatman2021 on September 18, 2003, 09:15:47 PM: lempkee: SciTech Software Inc. and Hyperion Entertainment VOF are working on drivers for AmigaOS 4 witch will over 170 different graphics chipsets including all the latest offerings from industry leaders ATI, nVidia and Matrox. Click Here (http://www.hyperion-entertainment.com/_amiga/index.html)
Title: Re: AmigaOne Graphics drivers
Post by: mikeymike on September 18, 2003, 09:54:51 PM: @ DonnyEMU
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Okay so how available are voodoo 3s these days, how about radeons and geforce fx's

Many people who have a PCI solution in their "Classic" Amiga have a Voodoo 3.

And if anyone considered buying the latest Radeon, or a GeForce FX for their AmigaOne, I'd be forced to accuse them of being stark raving BONKERS. Why? There's going to be little or no 3D support (in the shape of games), and what little there might be won't require the latest graphics card to properly run it.

Last I heard (IIRC, I didn't pay a great deal of attention as I'm not an ATI user) OS4 will support some low-end Radeons out of the box.
Title: Re: AmigaOne Graphics drivers
Post by: Thematic on September 19, 2003, 01:52:39 AM: I prefer to keep my Voodoo3 in my classic system. That has the added benefit of realistically acquiring an AGP card for OS4 use, mainly freeing up 1 more PCI slot.