Open Videocard

[newbie2]

February 28, 2006
This week, developers with the Open Graphics Project are announcing that we have the PCB schematic for the OGD1 product ready for public review.

The Open Graphics Project is dedicated to developing open-architecture graphics hardware, specifically for use with Free and Open Source operating systems. Based on community feedback, we have defined a graphics architecture, and are working steadily towards producing real graphics hardware that "just works" with Linux, BSD, and other free operating systems.
http://kerneltrap.org/node/6262
:cool:

[Brunellus]

so the question: who pays?

[Arktis]

Yes, who pays for development?

I'd pledge my continual support in the form of purchases though, even if they do not turn out to be up to par with most nvidia/ati products.

Just as long as:
1.) They work with pretty much anything I can throw at them games-wise.
2.) They are reliable.

[poofyhairguy]

Open graphics hardware already exists. All Intel graphics cards and all r200 ATI cards already have open specs and decent open source drivers. Any new creator of an open video card would have to do better than these products (which would be VERY hard to do without lots of funding) for the community to really take them seriously.

I wish that someone would sell Intel video cards on AGP boards (with dedicated RAM) rather than try to reinvent the wheel yet again.

[Brunellus]

Open graphics hardware already exists. All Intel graphics cards and all r200 ATI cards already have open specs and decent open source drivers. Any new creator of an open video card would have to do better than these products (which would be VERY hard to do without lots of funding) for the community to really take them seriously.

I wish that someone would sell Intel video cards on AGP boards (with dedicated RAM) rather than try to reinvent the wheel yet again.
um, because Intel won't sell them that way?

[poofyhairguy]

um, because Intel won't sell them that way?

Just because Intel won't sell them that way doesn't mean that someone else (which a contract to make Intel motherboards) can't. I think that Intel (maybe rightfully) believes there is no demand.

[Brunellus]

Just because Intel won't sell them that way doesn't mean that someone else (which a contract to make Intel motherboards) can't. I think that Intel (maybe rightfully) believes there is no demand.
well, you never hear Intel marketing its graphics capabilities. now that you mention it, I'd be interested to see what happens if you put intel chips with dedicated RAM on their own cards.