Best Graphics card X1000

[Rob]

What is the best Graphics card for 2D & 3D. Now that 4.1FE is out and the new Radeon drivers are two. I have noticed the Radeon card AmigaKit has in stock for the X1000 are long outdated (in the PC world) and quite weak in terms of performance. Thanks a bunch

There's still no 3D drivers for anything beyond R200 series GPU i.e. Radeon 9000/9200 etc.  Best wait for the Warp3D driver package is released and see what cards are supported by that (5000/6000 series mentioned so far) before splashing out on the most powerful card you can find.

[Rob]

You know why I never checked the polarity of my stereo speakers?  Because I can't tell the difference.

I was told that as long as the polarity is the same on all speakers then it should sound fine.  So if you have the wires going from + on the Amp to - on the speakers then there no problem if all speaker are configured that way.

If you have a mixture of polarities on different speakers then the speakers will be out of phase.  To be honest I've never tried setting it up that way just to see if it noticeable.

[Rob]

Hello Hans,

From reading your HDRLabs website, it seems to me that you would be the perfect person to take over the completion of the Warp3D for Radeon HD video cards drivers/software.

With the completion of AmigaOS4.2 and Gallium/Mesa probably many months, or even a couple of years away, we really could use Warp3D for Radeon HD to provide a "stop-gap" solution of 3D support, until AmigaOS4.2 is released.

If someone like yourself, or another qualified programmer were to take on the Warp3D for AmigaOS4.x and Radeon HD video cards, it would take the responsibility of one project away from the Frieden brothers, who have enough other projects to work on at the moment.

A bounty could probably be created for such Radeon HD Warp3D work, or possibly A-Eon could fund the development and sell the completed work afterwards.  I would certainly donate to such a bounty, or buy Warp3D for Radeon HD video cards, to use on my X1000 system.

Sorry for my confusion when I first read your site and thought that you were already working on Warp3D for Radeon HD video cards.  I have also written you a private email concerning your reading recommendations, as listed on your site.

The press release from Amiwest says that Warp3D development is back on track so it doesn't sound as if the project needs to be re-assigned.  
If Hans-Jörg has already put a substantial amount of time and effort into development of the drivers then it makes more sense that he complete it since he already knows exactly where he is with the development.