Would you support a new Unified Opensource RTG standart?

[Tumbleweed]

I voted maybe. I use P96 with my CV64-3D (A4000D), CV64 (A3000D) and Picasso-II (A2000) cards.

What advantages would an open source RTG standard have over what I've already got?

Weed

[Tumbleweed]

Apart from the possibility of newer/faster drivers and drivers for cards you couldn't use before?

Faster drivers that visibly enhance the user experience that would be good. But what else wil it provide? From what I gather there is a big advantage for those with a G-rex or toher similar bus board as they can potentially use other graphics cards. But for those without a bus board, other than potentially fatser drivers, there is not much else. Or am I mistaken?

Weed

[Tumbleweed]

I rather like disscusions like these, but I do have to point out that I can really see any future for this.

68k is not going to get any new hardware*... So the C64 and P96 systems support everything that is available. Both are basically compatible... Solid and in use... This idea is just reinventing the wheel without any tangible benefits.

*I really can't see any PCI-E boards for the Amiga being either comercially or technically viable...

There could be some merit in porting AROS's gallium gfx thing to MOS and AOS4... maybe?

There may be some benefit for those with PCI busboards if it allows them to use a broader range of GFX boards. I agree though that there is limited upside for those with classic Amiga's but there are some benefits - faster raster and greater stability (bug fixes). Also the poll seems to be pointing in favour of developing a unified open RTG standard.

Weed