Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2012 16:06:50 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: Peter Vereshagin <peter@vereshagin.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on the ASUS P8H67-M LGA1155 H67 motherboard Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206021602580.97625@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20120602213218.f0f3888c.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20120516042218.GA57757@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> <4FB473E7.6090307@ShaneWare.Biz> <20120517050114.GA93590@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> <4FB55364.2050208@ShaneWare.Biz> <20120602053805.GB42456@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206021020160.35474@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20120602164025.GA44278@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> <20120602190745.GA10212@external.screwed.box> <20120602213218.f0f3888c.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Sat, 2 Jun 2012, Polytropon wrote: > On Sat, 2 Jun 2012 23:07:45 +0400, Peter Vereshagin wrote: >> Hello. >> >> 2012/06/02 23:40:25 +0700 Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su> => To freebsd-questions@freebsd.org : >> VS> What video card would the collective mind of FreeBSD users recommend? >> VS> I'm not a gamer, this box runs FreeBSD only with a recent xorg, I >> VS> often watch movies on it. >> >> I'd try with nvidia. Any modern one has support of 'xvideo' extension with the >> 'driver nv' that is 'just enough' for watching movies. > > I'm also using nVidia GeForce 7600 GS (G73) here, using the > "nvidia" driver and the kernel module. Works very good, except > my GPU is broken and occassionally freezes the whole system > in an unpredictable manner. :-) > > Previously I've been using an ATI Radeon 9200 (RV250) with > less trouble, using XFree86's (and later on X.org's) stock > "ati" driver. > > Any not-too-recent card should work fine. More specifically, up to 4000-series Radeons. The HD4650 works well.
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