Re: [Mesa3d-users] ATI Radeon X850

[R. A. K. <rak...@gm...>]

On Nov 30, 2007 2:49 PM, Brian Paul <bri...@tu...> wrote:

> kadambi wrote:
> > At work, we are using ATI Radeon X850 card for rendering real time 3d CT
> data
> > (at least we are trying to!). Strictly with Xorg 7.2 or above and with
> > Mesa3d/Radeon driver.
> >
> > DRI says this card does do direct rendering (xorg 7.2 supports this)
> > (glxinfo says "direct rendering = YES"). Has anybody here used this card
> for
> > rendering real time data? DRI currently does not support framebuffer
> > extension.
>
> Do you mean GL_EXT_framebuffer_object?


Yes, GL_EXT_framebuffer_object. Does that mean that real time rendering
would not be possible with hardware acceleration currently available on DRI?
what about texture based rendering?

Thanks,
Aditya


>
> > Is it still possible to do a software workaround for certain
> > extensions (I know mesa3d automatically does this)?
>
> GL_EXT_framebuffer_object could probably be implemented in any driver
> with software fallbacks.
>
> > We are strictly trying to stay with mesa/radeon and avoid fglrx. Any
> > suggestions and pointers would be appreciated. Any pointers to programs
> > which render real time data would be great.
>
> I don't know of any.
>
> -Brian
>