New Mesa/Nouveau brings support for Fermi cards to AROS!

[deadwood]

A new versions of Mesa 3D library and Nouveau video drivers are available for AROS.

The major functionality introduced in this release is a full 2D/3D support for selected models from latest nVidia video card family - Fermi (GeForce 400/500 series), putting most powerful rendering capabilities in hands of AROS user.

The full driver package can be downloaded from:

Mesa-V19-2011-10-06.zip

Other features and improvements:
- improved 3D rendering for NV50 series (GeForce 8 and up)
- reporting VRAM and GART sizes and free space via SysMon utility
- corrected memory allocation problems
- improved VRAM->RAM swapping on low memory conditions

Known problems:
- rendering regression with Cube/AssaultCube for GeForce 6200 users

The drivers are also available in the latest AROS Nightly Builds

[nicholas]

When are MorphOS and/or OS4 devs going to port/integrate this excellent work?

[XDelusion]

When are MorphOS and/or OS4 devs going to port/integrate this excellent work?

When is MorphOS going to play catch up with an OS that is light years behind it?


Ha ha ha! I'm not bashing AROS, but that is a question that just boggles my mind!!!

Us MorphOS users have been enjoying the fruits of OpenGL and the like for quite some time now. I have NO complaints on that end for the most part. None the less, improvements in that department (amongst others) are right around the corner!

I guess if you want a free Amiga future, then you just have to wait for a pleasant experience, but those with a spare $100 have been enjoying such things for a long time.

[nicholas]

When is MorphOS going to play catch up with an OS that is light years behind it?


Ha ha ha! I'm not bashing AROS, but that is a question that just boggles my mind!!!

Us MorphOS users have been enjoying the fruits of OpenGL and the like for quite some time now. I have NO complaints on that end for the most part. None the less, improvements in that department (amongst others) are right around the corner!

I guess if you want a free Amiga future, then you just have to wait for a pleasant experience, but those with a spare $100 have been enjoying such things for a long time.

WTF?

MorphOS doesn't possess any support whatsoever for nVidia graphics cards.

[XDelusion]

Oh, that's what you are going on about.

Well graphic cards are pocket change anyhow, and besides, I don't think any of us MorphOS users are having any issues with our ATI cards. It's not any of us are trying to play Half-Life 2 or anything.

[nicholas]

Oh, that's what you are going on about.

Well graphic cards are pocket change anyhow, and besides, I don't think any of us MorphOS users are having any issues with our ATI cards. It's not any of us are trying to play Half-Life 2 or anything.

The news article is about nVidia drivers, what else would I be talking about?

[runequester]

Does Morph OS have wireless yet?

[Piru]

Does Morph OS have wireless yet?

Should have soon enough.

http://www.geit.de/images/hm02092011/images/img0037.jpg

[commodorejohn]

:/ All this work on the latest-and-greatest nVidia cards and nouveau still doesn't have quality drivers for chipsets that have been around forever...

[XDelusion]

The news article is about nVidia drivers, what else would I be talking about?

I was just thinking not so much about NVIDIA, but more so in relation to support for cards with 3D Acceleration in general.

[B00tDisk]

Sound and fury, signifying nothing.  <#amigalikeOS> could support everything from current cards back and it doesn't matter.

[XDelusion]

Sound and fury, signifying nothing.  <#amigalikeOS> could support everything from current cards back and it doesn't matter.

Dunno what you just said, but I agree, the EU is bad Mkay!!!

[B00tDisk]

Dunno what you just said, but I agree, the EU is bad Mkay!!!

Saying you support XYZ new graphic card features is pointless as there's nothing for the various Amiga and Amiga-like OSes that support them.  It's all well and good to have the proverbial "Crysis-Capable Computer" built that runs AROS, but Crysis - or games capable of pushing the hardware like it - simply don't exist for the OS.

There are a few ports of some games that use OGL and MiniGL features, and that's about it.  No AC3, no Crysis 2, nada.  

It seems to me that a push to get support from one of the larger software companies would be a bigger deal.

[XDelusion]

Saying you support XYZ new graphic card features is pointless as there's nothing for the various Amiga and Amiga-like OSes that support them.  It's all well and good to have the proverbial "Crysis-Capable Computer" built that runs AROS, but Crysis - or games capable of pushing the hardware like it - simply don't exist for the OS.

There are a few ports of some games that use OGL and MiniGL features, and that's about it.  No AC3, no Crysis 2, nada.  

It seems to me that a push to get support from one of the larger software companies would be a bigger deal.

Very true, but DOOM III is about to be opened sourced and I'm sure others games that take advantage of higher end graphics cards are not far behind, so having such drivers will be a major boon in that respect.

Also, the reason many of the Amiga OS variants do not have many 3D accelerated games and what not is because we have not all had access to 3D acceleration for a long time. No 3D support, no 3D port. Add 3D support, expect more 3D ports.

[fishy_fiz]

No disrespect to the great work done on MOS 3d drivers and its 3d subsystem, but theyre a far cry from AROSes nouveau/gallium3d in some ways. Check out the graphics using pixel shaders in Assault Cube for example. Theyre simply not possible on Morphos (or OS4.x).  

Maybe people should learn what theyre commenting on before they comment?

Great work Deadwood.