dulsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
I've been thinking of getting a new laptop. One thing I'd like to be
able to do is run Neverwinter Nights with open source drivers. I
understand that open source graphics drivers aren't great for
hardware acceleration. I just figured a 5 year old game could
probably be run with it combined with a faster cpu (or two). Of the
linux laptop vendors I asked, they said you would need the binary
drivers. Is linux graphics capability that bad that we still can't
run an old game using open source? I suppose I'll have to wait for
nouveau to make more progress.
Very interesting question. I'd expect that nowadays, the 'older'
generation of Radeons would perform fine for NWN with the open-source
drivers - but this isn't the generation of cards you'll find in
new laptops.
I'd be really interested in any more modern suggestions.