[GW-C] Re:Tom's HW Guide: Linux for gaming

[Russell]

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At 09:33 PM 8/14/2006 -0400, you wrote:
>Lennart Sorensen wrote:
>> 
>> Well I did see this:
>> http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/08/02/32OPcurve_1.html
>> One can always hope there is some truth to that.
>> 
>
>I didn't see any mention of newly released specs for OGD1, the Open 
>Graphics Development board, series 1
>
>http://opengraphics.org/
>
>"The card, called the 'OGD1' for 'Open Graphics Development', is 
>intended for small-quantity production to be used by developers 
>interested in designing the Verilog code for the FPGA chip on the card, 
>and will likely cost about US$1000 per unit. This design, when 
>completed, will form the basis for an ASIC version of the board, 
>expected to run closer to US$200. OGD developers are hoping that 
>GNU/Linux users will be willing to pay the higher price (driven 
>primarily by expected small production runs) in order to have a 
>fully-specified 3D graphics card with fully open specifications and 
>hardware design."
>
>greg
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