From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jul 9 20:31: 3 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from janus.syracuse.net (janus.syracuse.net [205.232.47.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF43914EAD for ; Fri, 9 Jul 1999 20:31:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from green@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (green@localhost) by janus.syracuse.net (8.9.2/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA86430; Fri, 9 Jul 1999 23:30:46 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: janus.syracuse.net: green owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 23:30:46 -0400 (EDT) From: "Brian F. Feldman" X-Sender: green@janus.syracuse.net To: Axis Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: hardware In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 9 Jul 1999, Axis wrote: > I have been using *BSD* for around 3 years now. My problem is thatI have > always used the console for system administration duties. I really want to > put a kick *** system together to run X with all of the luxuries. > I have noticed there is not that much support for sound cards andvideo > display adapters. > Given your experience, Could you please inform me of which sound card and > video display adapter works best with FreeBSD. I suggest a nice TNT or TNT2 (Ultra too)-based card for video. They have nice 2D acceleration and okay 3D acceleration. The 3D acceleration is great, but limited by the slow architecture of the current X/GL/GLX implementation. I get very nice, but nowhere near current Windoze-driver-speed, 3D accel using this baby (just don't expect to play much Quake 3 with it in FreeBSD yet.) As for sound cards, I use a SB16. These are very well-supported and run nicely with either sound driver. Mine is an old SB16 4.13 (full-length ISA, software configured (not PnP)), and works perfectly. If you want something newer (more expensive too), other people than I will point you on your way. > > Thanxs > Axis > > FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, BSDI all have one simularity; > They are all better than LINUX or (Like Its Not UNIX). :) > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > Brian Fundakowski Feldman _ __ ___ ____ ___ ___ ___ green@FreeBSD.org _ __ ___ | _ ) __| \ FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! _ __ | _ \._ \ |) | http://www.FreeBSD.org/ _ |___/___/___/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message