From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 5 17:51:58 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB17F1065675 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 17:51:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alive@dienub.org) Received: from pqueuea.post.tele.dk (pqueuea.post.tele.dk [193.162.153.9]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 969258FC19 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 17:51:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alive@dienub.org) Received: from pfepa.post.tele.dk (pfepa.post.tele.dk [195.41.46.235]) by pqueuea.post.tele.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47462DD16C for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 18:31:24 +0100 (CET) Received: from m00h.dienub.org (0x5359d212.vbrnqu1.broadband.tele.dk [83.89.210.18]) by pfepa.post.tele.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C501FAC03A; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 18:29:51 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail.dienub.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by m00h.dienub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12B7C11434; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 18:29:51 +0100 (CET) MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 18:29:51 +0100 From: alive To: Roland Smith Organization: Dienub In-Reply-To: <20080305171303.GA35180@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <20080305171303.GA35180@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: X-Sender: alive@dienub.org User-Agent: RoundCube Webmail/0.1-rc2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Isaac Mushinsky , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: amd64 or i386 for desktop use? 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: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:51:59 -0000 On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 18:13:03 +0100, Roland Smith wrote: > On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 12:36:33AM -0500, Isaac Mushinsky wrote: >> I have new hardware (Abit ip35-pro, Intel Q6600), and was contemplating >> installing FreeBSD/arch, but now realise that I am going to have some >> problems. >> >> My nvidia card will not be of much use (GeForce 8500GT), since > nvidia-drivers >> are not there for amd64, and the open source nv driver does not even > support >> XVideo extension for these cards. I can downgrade to a nv 7xxx series > card, >> which works better with the open driver. I do not mind loss of 3D > support, >> but would need basic things like mplayer. > > Any ATI card up to and including the 9250 (rv280) is fully supported on > amd64, 3D and all. (I know because I've got one :-) Oh, is that so? Could you please tell me how you got it to work? Because I've got GREAT issues getting *ANY* ATI card to work with at least Composite on FreeBSD and/or Linux. And I've even got i386. Or has something happened since I last cried myself to sleep over this driverless hell? -- Sincerely, Rada