Hello Rory,
I am guessing that your machine will not be up to the task of doing anything serious with GEM. It is probably powerful enough to play with a few triangles, but will be fairly slow if you turn on texturing. The graphics card is _extremely_ important...probably more so than the CPU.
If you want any advice or recommendations, just let me know.
Later, Mark
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-----Original Message----- From: Rory Walsh [mailto:rorytheroar@yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 1:56 PM To: pd-list@iem.kug.ac.at Subject: Re: [PD] Where can I download Gem for Linux ( not a debian distribution)
I just downloaded the file today, I was not able to download it lastweek? the last day I tried before today was friday and I could not make the connection? Anyway I have step 1 of Gem for linux complete, I have the file successfully downloaded! Before I start downloading the prerequisites, is there a specific directory that i should install them in? Actually before I throw myself into this messy situation of trying to compile gem myself I have to ask is it worth it? I am running gem on windows with this machine(pentium II 32mb ram) and it is very slow, I am not even getting proper color although I suspect this has to do with my graphics card, I'm not sure what it is, it's just a standard one that came with the computer. I also run redhat on the same machine, but if the problem of performance is to do with a useless graphics card is there any point in trying to compile it for linux? Will the poor graphics card hinder the performance there also?
your gratefully, Rory.
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Ya Mark I have been told by several people now that I'm asking too much from my graphics card, aswell as my CPU, as for graphics cards I have located a rather cheap(I know i'll be killed for looking for something 'cheap', but I am a poor student!) graphics card, the ATI 'All in wonder'? Have you come across it at all? By installing this card and increasing my Ram to 256 is there a hope? Oh ya do i have to check to see if the card is linux compatible or will linux detect it itself? I know that everyone out there will be cringing when they imagine what strain I am putting my humble little computer under but until I return to college I have no choice, so all the help in most welcome! Cheers!
Rory.
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On Mon, 16 Jul 2001, [iso-8859-1] Rory Walsh wrote:
ATI 'All in wonder'? Have you come across it at all?
For DRI (Direct Rendering Interface) support for XFree 4.x look at
The Status page gives information about supported cards. You might have to tweak your system a little bit, depending on what comes with your distribution.
Guenter
PS: The All in wonder 128 is supported.
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