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1. I Canīt start Blender under Linux with Voodoo3
2. Can I use hardware acceleration on a Linux system
3. Is hardware accel. available for the Nivida TNT chip set on linux

1 - I Canīt start Blender under Linux with Voodoo3

Contributed by Andreas Überbacher.

To use hardware acceleration for the Voodoo3 on Linux you need to use the newest version of 'XFREE86 4.0' or above. This version has acceleration for the Voodoo3, for information on setting it up go to: https://www.xfree86.org/4.0.2/DRI10.html#24

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2 - Can I use hardware acceleration on a Linux system

Contributed by Michael.

Yes, starting with version 4.0 XFREE86 supports many accelerated video cards. information for cards supported on XFREE86 4.0* and how to set them up is at: https://www.xfree86.org/support.html

See also 'Is hardware accel. available for the Nivida TNT chip set on linux?'

There's also a lot of info on getting hardware
accelerated 3D on Linux (and FreeBSD, I think) at https://dri.sourceforge.net/

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3 - Is hardware accel. available for the Nivida TNT chip set on linux

Contributed by Michael.

For information on setting up hardware acceleration for the Nivida TNT video cards go to: https://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Nvidia-OpenGL-Configuration/index.html and to: https://www.nvidia.com/Products/Drivers.nsf/Linux.html

See also: 'Can I use hardware acceleration on a Linux system'

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