From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 25 22:05:03 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 8364C106564A for ; Sun, 25 May 2008 22:05:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from parish@magichamster.com) Received: from jedburgh.just4dns.com (jedburgh.just4dns.com [78.129.134.130]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 330768FC0A for ; Sun, 25 May 2008 22:05:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from parish@magichamster.com) Received: from [86.153.243.228] (helo=movens.plus.com) by jedburgh.just4dns.com with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1K0OKL-0001ts-Cl for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 25 May 2008 23:04:29 +0100 Received: from [10.10.1.4] (redshift [10.10.1.4]) by postbag.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id E006A1CC6C for ; Sun, 25 May 2008 23:04:44 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <4839E278.3060208@magichamster.com> Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 23:04:40 +0100 From: Mark Ovens User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080524) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Fuzioned-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-MailScanner-ID: 1K0OKL-0001ts-Cl X-Fuzioned-MailScanner: Not scanned: please contact your Internet E-Mail Service Provider for details X-Fuzioned-MailScanner-SpamCheck: X-Fuzioned-MailScanner-From: parish@magichamster.com X-Spam-Status: No X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - jedburgh.just4dns.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - magichamster.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Subject: Best nVidia card for Xorg on FreeBSD? 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: Sun, 25 May 2008 22:05:03 -0000 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