From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 25 18:04:49 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D30F37B401 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2003 18:04:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from www.fastmail.fm (www.fastmail.fm [66.111.4.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE0BB43FDF for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2003 18:04:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from judmarc@fastmail.fm) Received: from www.fastmail.fm (server1.internal [10.202.2.132]) by localhost.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EBC935903; Wed, 25 Jun 2003 21:04:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 127.0.0.1 ([127.0.0.1] helo=www.fastmail.fm) by messagingengine.com with SMTP; Wed, 25 Jun 2003 21:04:45 -0400 X-Epoch: 1056589485 X-Sasl-enc: LOGC+lVgu4Y/WSKjhxCLOw Received: from sparky (dialup-67.74.79.183.Dial1.Philadelphia1.Level3.net [67.74.79.183]) by www.fastmail.fm (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6040D3712F; Wed, 25 Jun 2003 21:04:31 -0400 (EDT) To: Will Saxon , ".VWV." , questions@freebsd.org References: <0E972CEE334BFE4291CD07E056C76ED8DB2EF4@bragi.housing.ufl.edu> Message-ID: From: Jud Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=utf-8 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 21:04:12 -0400 In-Reply-To: <0E972CEE334BFE4291CD07E056C76ED8DB2EF4@bragi.housing.ufl.edu> User-Agent: Opera7.20/Win32 M2 build 2961 Subject: Re: ATI 8500 or matrox 550? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 01:04:49 -0000 On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 20:48:00 -0400, Will Saxon wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: .VWV. [mailto:victorvittorivonwiktow@interfree.it] >> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 7:47 PM >> To: questions@freebsd.org >> Subject: ATI 8500 or matrox 550? >> >> >> >> Hi. >> >> Owing to the need of purchasing a supported video-card before it's too >> late >> for my 4.6.2, I would like to know if the X Window System driver can run >> fine or not the ATI 8500. I have noticed the driver is not listed in the >> 'sysinstall' tool. If I choose 'ati' using xf86config or editing >> /etc/X11/XF86Config, would the card work as well as a Matrox 550 one? >> > > You would actually want the radeon driver, not the ati one. > > http://www.xfree86.org/4.3.0/radeon.4.html > http://people.freebsd.org/~anholt/dri/index.html > > I've never personally used one, but it seems like it ought to work. > > -Will Should do 2D fine. The latest Radeon I recall seeing 3D acceleration for in X is the 7500, so the OP may have to wait a bit for 3D to happen. Jud