>On Mon, 04 Oct 1999, you wrote:

>> Im not sure about you but the provision of binary only servers i 
thought 
>> was a bit ridiculous.
>
>Well, the world isn't a perfect or an idealistic place.

Yes, id agree there, but also i never thought that was a reason accept all 
of it :)

>Huh, so you wouldn't recommend a TNT card to anyone either, because of the
>obusifcated source code Nivida provided at first. BTW, where were you 
reading
>about lack of continued development? 

True, I wouldnt reccomend the nvida card to anyone either, apart from the 
obfuscated source code issue i did think that the way the tnt wasnt 
delivered at the promised spec, ie larger micron process and slower 
processor speed, was a bit naff.  I dont really think promising and not 
delivering is terribly acceptable either, seems to be a feature of the 
industry in a lot of cases however heh.

>I am not calling you a fool. I am using a cliche :) Remember high school
>english?

Yes, i was adding that mostly for my amusement :P

>Well, what are you doing complaining about the i740 when you already
>obviously have such powerful (and expensive) hardware. The i740 may not 
perform
>greatly, but it is more than enough for regular users (like me). And if 
you
>think the i740 is terrible, then you haven't seen SiS cards or S3 
Trio/Virge
>cards :) (working with educational institutions, you see much of this 
kind of
>crappy hardware)

I have seen them too, I wasnt impressed with them either.

>I was offering a cheap option for a card that works ok under linux. If I 
had
>more money, I would buy something more powerful. So would most people.
>If you can afford a TNT2 or a Matrox card, get it!

I had heard that the g200 was down to about $130 and lower, that seems 
more than reasonable for the performance and hey its got 3d support for 
linux too.

>You can have two of three things, good, cheap, or fast.

Sure, everything is about comprimise in the end, I just dont like it at 
that point.

Jamie
