Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:11:50 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: Dick Hoogendijk <dick@nagual.nl> Cc: Thomas Sparrevohn <Thomas.Sparrevohn@btinternet.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nvidia driver on amd64 Message-ID: <4670DC26.4070202@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <x71wgf1596.fsf@nagual.nl> References: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0706131747180.18410@hymn01.u.washington.edu> <200706140209.12134.Thomas.Sparrevohn@btinternet.com> <x71wgf1596.fsf@nagual.nl>
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Dick Hoogendijk wrote: > Thomas Sparrevohn <Thomas.Sparrevohn@btinternet.com> writes: > > >> I found that the "vesa" driver works ok with a GTX 8800 - not fast - >> but works >> > > People don't have a GTX8800 to have it just 'work' > It needs to work fast! > Personally I think it's very bad FreeBSD is not supported by nVidia, > like f.i. solaris is. > I don't want to write in favor of solaris, mind you, but it _is_ very > nice to have Xorg-7.2 installed (both 32 and 64 bits) and a working 32 > _and_ 64 bits native nVidia driver with it. > > I have used FreeBSD for years and still hate to see this lack of > support by others :-( > > Again, read my response and do some research before you blame nVidia. The nv driver works better than the vesa driver IMO -- it provides much better 2D support than the vesa driver. -Garrett
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