Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270652AbUJUCYh (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Oct 2004 22:24:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269163AbUJUCYS (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Oct 2004 22:24:18 -0400 Received: from dsl017-059-236.wdc2.dsl.speakeasy.net ([69.17.59.236]:23240 "EHLO marta.kurtwerks.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270557AbUJUCXt (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Oct 2004 22:23:49 -0400 Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 22:29:57 -0400 From: Kurt Wall To: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: HARDWARE: Open-Source-Friendly Graphics Cards -- Viable? Message-ID: <20041021022957.GB2282@kurtwerks.com> Mail-Followup-To: Linux Kernel Mailing List References: <4176E08B.2050706@techsource.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4176E08B.2050706@techsource.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Operating-System: Linux 2.6.9 X-Woot: Woot! Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1585 Lines: 44 On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 06:02:51PM -0400, Timothy Miller took 163 lines to write: > I've brought this up the following subject before on LKML, but it wasn't > really resolved, and also, management at my company (Tech Source) has > only now started to warm up to my idea. [long snip] > So, here are some questions to answer: > > (1) Would the sales volumes of this product be enough to make it worth > producing (ie. profitable)? Hard to say. My crystal ball doesn't work any better than yours. > (2) How much would you be willing to pay for it? It depends. I'd probably be willing to drop $100 USD on such a card simply to vote with my wallet what my priorities and values are. > (3) How do you feel about the choice of neglecting 3D performance as a > priority? How important is 3D performance? In what cases is it not? For most of what I do, 3-D is irrelevant. It makes nice eye candy, but that's about it. For games, hardware-accelerated 3-D is more or less required. > (4) How much extra would you be willing to pay for excellent 3D performance? An extra $100 USD. For superior 3-D performance (and a buttload of RAM on the card), I'd go an extra $200. > (5) What's most important to you, performance, price, or stability? Stability, followed by performance. I'm less price sensitive than I used to be. Regards, Kurt - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/