Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268544AbUJURws (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Oct 2004 13:52:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270719AbUJURuR (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Oct 2004 13:50:17 -0400 Received: from kinesis.swishmail.com ([209.10.110.86]:40456 "EHLO kinesis.swishmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270711AbUJURsd (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Oct 2004 13:48:33 -0400 Message-ID: <4177F92F.3080904@techsource.com> Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 14:00:15 -0400 From: Timothy Miller MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Simon Braunschmidt CC: LKML Mailinglist Subject: Re: HARDWARE: Open-Source-Friendly Graphics Cards -- Viable? References: <4176E08B.2050706@techsource.com> <1098311393.15517.4.camel@localhost> <4177CD5A.8010309@techsource.com> <4177D06A.40308@corscience.de> In-Reply-To: <4177D06A.40308@corscience.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 853 Lines: 25 Simon Braunschmidt wrote: >> If you're selling a $5000 workstation, you might be willing to pay >> $300 for a graphics card that saves you thousands in customer support >> calls that don't have to happen. >> > > Is $300 with 3D in the class of geforce2/ati_r200? Well, that's a different story. If the plan changes so that we decide to produce a high-end card, then we can do an ASIC, giving us more chip area and faster clock speeds. The problem is that a $300 card isn't a card "for the masses". My example there is only plausible for those cases where lots of money is already being spent. - 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/