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Sorry for the crosspost, but I think it's an important note.  Can't say
I recommend any 3Dfx based products as they are not forthcoming on any
3D implementation details.

I know that Permedia based cards have a solid reputation.  The Matrox
G200 card is also a good one, but not as 3D supported I believe.
nVidia cards never get BIOS initialized for me on alpha systems.

Metrolink is delivering an Extreme-3D driver supporting the following:
  E&S REALimage� 1000, 2100 (Evans & Sutherland,GLINT GMX� 1000, 2000, ,
MX, TX; and Permedia� 2, 3 (3Dlabs).

I would be weary of any implementation which doesn't provide 3D hardware
support.  I have been delving into the problem for about 3 months now,
and have found that if you want to do serious OpenGL, then alpha is not
a good solution now.  This is not to say that it won't be, however ;-)

Roger

In article <xj0670nqbct.fsf@cyclone.harvard.edu>,
  Michael Haggerty <mhagger@blizzard.harvard.edu> wrote:
> "Michael A. Foley" <mike.foley@@!!technologist.com> writes:
>
> >     How much do you want to spend per card? If you are looking
> >     for something inexpensive and works well, the Permedia II based
> >     cards (Elsa Gloria Synergy) work well on Alpha's.
>
> I wrote in message news:xj0hfk7dw5g.fsf@cyclone.harvard.edu...
> > > We want to buy some linux/alpha boxes to use as scientific
> > > workstations.  We will buy two XP1000's plus some cheaper alpha
> > > machines.  I've gotten conflicting advice regarding which video
> > > adapter + driver combination to choose.  We would like to be sure
that
> > > the adapter + drivers support not only X but also Mesa/OpenGL,
> > > including reasonable hardware acceleration.  We wouldn't mind
paying
> > > for commercial drivers.
> > >
> > > Can anybody suggest a graphics card + driver combination that
works
> > > with XP1000's and/or other popular alpha boxes?  (The most
valuable
> > > response would start with the words ``I have the following,
working
> > > configuration...'' :-) )
>
> For the XP1000's we would be quite willing to spend more money, if
> necessary.  We would prefer a well-supported card with good 3-D
> performance to a hard-to-support card with blazing performance.
>
> Specifically, do you know which 3-D drivers work with the Elsa Gloria
> Synergy under Linux?  Do they support hardware acceleration?
>
> Thanks,
> Michael
>
> --
> Michael Haggerty
> mhagger@blizzard.harvard.edu
>


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