Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 23:04:40 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <parish@magichamster.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Best nVidia card for Xorg on FreeBSD? Message-ID: <4839E278.3060208@magichamster.com>
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Currently using a Radeon 8500LE but since u/g to xorg 7.3 I've had nothing but trouble with X hanging/crashing/locking-up. From what I've read, the state of the radeon drivers leaves much to be desired and although some people seem to have trouble with nVidia cards they appear to be a better choice. So, after over a decade of brand-loyalty to ATI (when I started with FreeBSD back in the mid-90's ATI cards were the only ones I could find that would run X at better than VGA resolution) I'm going to switch to nVidia. The machine is FreeBSD-only so no issues with Windows drivers and performance etc. (I divorced the Evil Empire a couple of years ago) and my Radeon 8500 is adequate for my needs so I don't need a high-end card. I'm looking on eBay and an FX5x00 card seems to fit the bill. So, are there any particular cards that work well under Xorg/FreeBSD or, more importantly, any that don't? Any advice about the need to consider 3D issues would be welcome? I run KDE and mainly use digikam/GIMP for digital photo editing and kmplayer for viewing videos. I believe there is a 3D interface for KDE (CompuViz?) - is this worth bothering with? All help/advice gratefully received. TIA Mark
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