From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 22 06:47:38 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8464F16A400; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:47:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout7.cac.washington.edu (mxout7.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6031513C43E; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:47:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.141] (may be forged)) by mxout7.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.05) with ESMTP id l5M6lbj0020051 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 21 Jun 2007 23:47:38 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.10.45] (c-24-10-12-194.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [24.10.12.194]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l5M6laiM004398 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Thu, 21 Jun 2007 23:47:37 -0700 Message-ID: <467B7088.30902@u.washington.edu> Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 23:47:36 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (Windows/20070604) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Matthew D. Fuller" References: <3C7F787C8D3D4F70B80BBA44@ganymede.hub.org> <467B3DF6.5080704@u.washington.edu> <20070622055929.GH8955@over-yonder.net> In-Reply-To: <20070622055929.GH8955@over-yonder.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.3.1.294258, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.1.298604, Antispam-Data: 2007.6.21.233351 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CP_MEDIA_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __FRAUD_419_BADTHINGS 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, "Marc G. Fournier" Subject: Re: Low end video card that won't crash server ... ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:47:38 -0000 Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > On Thu, Jun 21, 2007 at 08:11:50PM -0700 I heard the voice of > Garrett Cooper, and lo! it spake thus: > >> Intel's still your best bet, with nVidia in second, and ATI in >> third. >> >> You aren't going to get proper 3D support unless you switch to Linux >> unfortunately :(.. >> > > I still love my Matrox. But even there, you're stuck with the 550 and > older if you want open drivers, which is, what, like 6+ years at this > point? Rather unpleasantly expensive new, but you can find 'em > reasonable on eBay. Not too shiny if you need much 3d, but they're > unbeatable on 2d. > Unfortunately you can only get the Intel graphics chipset on motherboards so far. The future will change things though.. that's all I can say. Matrox cards are ok, but not fantastic. As for nVidia, you're fine as long as you stick to i386 for all by 0.1% of all cases. Make sure to consult their compatibility list before buying a card though -- very important. -Garrett