Re: [Dri-devel] official support for specific Radeon

[Daryll S. <da...@va...>]

On Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 10:47:18AM +0200, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
> I just want to ask this question officially:
> 
> Will precision insight support the new Radeon VE with the following features?
> 
> * Dual head
> * Motion componsation and iDCT in hardware
> * TV out...
> 
> Is the support planned? or we need to nag-nag-nag ATI so they should talk to you
> (precision insight) and signed a contract extension?
> 
> Also, anyone tried this card already? I don't see in the specs that they have
> any RAMDAC chipset for the 2nd head which leads me to think that it will not be
> as good as Matrox G400/G450..
> 
> Also, did someone seen any review of this card somewhere? Market talking is one
> thing, facts are another things..

In general we can't talk about future work, but I can say two
things. First, we current have no contract to develop the Radeon. We're
talking to ATI and others about supporting it, but so far no
contract. Second, in the past ATI has only paid us to do the 2D/3D and
not video or extra features.

						- |Daryll