From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 10 12:10:00 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FEBC16A402 for ; Thu, 10 May 2007 12:10:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.157.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4DFE13C459 for ; Thu, 10 May 2007 12:09:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from mr08.lnh.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.157.28]) by smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 10 May 2007 08:09:59 -0400 Received: from smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.11]) by mr08.lnh.mail.rcn.net (MOS 3.8.3-GA) with ESMTP id IQI87383; Thu, 10 May 2007 08:09:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 65-78-26-179.c3-0.smr-ubr1.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com (HELO jerusalem.litteratus.org.litteratus.org) ([65.78.26.179]) by smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 10 May 2007 08:09:53 -0400 From: Robert Huff MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <17987.2963.612138.380335@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 08:09:55 -0400 To: FreeBSD Mailing List In-Reply-To: <4642A7F9.8070707@u.washington.edu> References: <20070509220908.GA50232@thought.org> <20070509230946.GA50585@thought.org> <20070510013453.GA52298@thought.org> <5CA2CC6B-72B6-46A1-9712-E258CFB4EB11@gmail.com> <4642A7F9.8070707@u.washington.edu> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.5 (beta27) "fiddleheads" XEmacs Lucid X-Junkmail-Whitelist: YES (by domain whitelist at mr08.lnh.mail.rcn.net) Subject: Re: WOW! {Or Holy whatever} X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 12:10:00 -0000 Garrett Cooper writes: > Anyhow, getting back to the video thing at hand, if Gary was to > purchase a card he should purchase an nVidia card. It's the only > brand with OpenGL support properly enabled in Linux and > FreeBSD. 5000-6000 series would be sufficient. Anyone considering this option should search the archives for "nvidia +driver". While there are many satisfied customers, others have had problems selecting the right driver and getting it to work with their individual combination of hardware+OS version. Robert "fore-armed is half an octopus" Huff