[Gllug] TV out

[Stephen Harker]

Adam Bower wrote:
> Pete Ryland wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 10:21:03AM +0000, Adam Bower wrote:
>>
>>> Tethys wrote:
>>>
>>>> Huh? For which games do you need a GeForce? UT2003 is the *only* one
>>>> I can think of that requires an Nvidia card under Linux.
>>>
>>>
>>> Its all very well and good pointing to games that are 2 or 3 years 
>>> old and I am sure that UT2003 will play nicely on lots of cards in 
>>> Linux in 2 or 3 years time but that doesn't really help me wanting to 
>>> play games today. Also if you want to consider the more professional 
>>> gfx software (ok commercial) in Linux again to get the best 
>>> performance and support you have to use Nvidia cards.
>>
>>
>>
>> Note that you need an Nvidia card to play UT2003 in MS Windows too.
> 
> 
> Not according to the box or the website, 
> http://www.unrealtournament2003.com/?faq
> 
> <quote>
> Video System: 3D Accelerator card with 16 MB VRAM (*32-128 MB VRAM 
> RECOMMENDED) 16 MB TNT2-class DirectX® version 6 compliant video card. 
> (*NVIDIA GeForce 2/ATI Radeon RECOMMENDED) DirectX® version 8.1 
> (Included on game disc)
> </quote>
> 
> On Linux you need a Geforce or better IIRC, the TNT class of cards will 
> not run the game. Although I wouldn't want to play it on anything less 
> than my current setup of Athlon XP 1700+ and GeForce 2 GTS and even then 
> I have a desire for at least a GeForce 4, although I would consider a 
> Radeon 9700 Pro if they would play the game in Linux as benchmarks seem 
> to show it being the current "best" card for the game in windows.

I have been playing UT2003 Demo under Windows XP with a Radeon 7500 and 
it goes like the wind (on an Athlon XP1800)
Won't work under Linux of course. Complaining about missing X extensions...
Steve


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