From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 18 19:24:44 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F4F516A4CE; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 19:24:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from out2.smtp.messagingengine.com (out2.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 383E643F93; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 19:24:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from judmarc@fastmail.fm) X-Sasl-enc: FcSlxMzT83xrZaJwMN5Clw 1069212279 Received: from sparky (dialup-67.74.79.169.Dial1.Philadelphia1.Level3.net [67.74.79.169]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D98E54324F7; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 22:24:37 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 22:24:42 -0500 From: Jud To: "Dan Strick" , b_cassidy@bellsouth.net References: <200311190158.hAJ1wNOi000727@mist.nodomain> Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <200311190158.hAJ1wNOi000727@mist.nodomain> User-Agent: Opera M2/7.30 (Win32, build 3354) Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=utf-8 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New parts for new PC (need help - little knowledge of hardware) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 03:24:44 -0000 On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 17:58:23 -0800 (PST), Dan Strick wrote: [snip] > My video card choice was a compromise. I wanted something new enough to > have hardware support for recent DirectX features, old enough to be well > supported by XFree86 and cheap enough to be justifiable. The Radeon > 9500/9700 families of cards are the newest for which XFree86 claims > substantial support and yet are long out of production and the ATi web > site even categorizes the 9500 as "discontinued". The 9000/9500/9700 > seem to have been replaced with the 9200/9600/9800. The need for > reliable > XFree86 support trumped other considerations because I spend virtually > all > of my time running XFree86 on FreeBSD and very little time running > feature hungry whizbang graphics applications. AFAIK XFree86 doesn't have 3D hardware acceleration support for the ATI Radeon 9K cards. I have a 9500 (modded to 9700 specs with Riva Tuner) myself and don't miss the 3D support, but that's because I play games only occasionally and use Windows for them. Jud