[Openchrome-users] VIA Chrome9, Gaming hope?

[Pavel Krejcir]

SilentG wrote:
> VIA Chrome9, Gaming hope?
> Is there any hope to play games on linux with a Via Chrome9 k8m890 chipset?
> Games Examples: TheSims2, WarCraft3
> I installed these games without any isues on linux
> The Problem is:
> When DRI is Enabled, As soon as i open the game linux crashes/freezes or somethimes X Restarts.
> When DRI is Disabled, The game opens but its slow as hell
> Also Someone on this forum told me the only hope for 3D accalaration is to Disable DRI, 
> I did disable DRI but no 3D accalaration happened.
> Thankz, Silent G
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3D acceleration is not currently supported for this chipset, since VIA 
hasn't provided the specification yet. Disabling DRI means entering the 
OpenGL emulation mode, basically the rendering is performed by CPU. I 
was assured by someone that VIA will provide the specification, however 
I couldn't get any timeframe estimate when this should happen.

Pavel