# HG changeset patch # User gabucino # Date 1009930616 0 # Node ID 745c37031e1ea05570691df15849564015cf1572 # Parent e40390b2166e30fbda06a0372ba61eab576d8506 some links placed (nvidia fuckoz.) diff -r e40390b2166e -r 745c37031e1e DOCS/documentation.html --- a/DOCS/documentation.html Wed Jan 02 00:09:52 2002 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/documentation.html Wed Jan 02 00:16:56 2002 +0000 @@ -420,8 +420,9 @@ section for details. Older, non-Savage cards have no, or slow hardware support. -
  • Nvidia cards : very bad choice for video playing. Nvidia's -cards are manufactured on the far-east, and have very cheap and bad +
  • Nvidia cards : very bad choice for video playing (NVidia has +different opinion!). +Nvidia's cards are manufactured on the far-east, and have very cheap and bad quality chips. Moreover, the built-in Nvidia driver in XFree86 doesn't contain support for hardware YUV acceleration! You have to download Nvidia's closed-source drivers from nvidia.com . See details in A: Yes, nvidia corrected a previous bug (above), and implemented a new one. Let's -congratule them. +congratule them. UPDATE : according to +NVidia, this is already +corrected.   Q: diff -r e40390b2166e -r 745c37031e1e DOCS/video.html --- a/DOCS/video.html Wed Jan 02 00:09:52 2002 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/video.html Wed Jan 02 00:16:56 2002 +0000 @@ -237,7 +237,8 @@

    2.3.1.2.3. nVidia cards

    -

    nVidia isn't a very good choice under Linux.. You'll have to use the +

    nVidia isn't a very good choice under Linux (according to NVidia, this +is not true).. You'll have to use the binary closed-source nVidia driver, available at nVidia's website. The standard XFree86 driver doesn't support XVideo for these cards, due to nVidia's closed sources/specifications.