From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 20 07:19:59 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 CE495106567C for ; Sat, 20 Sep 2008 07:19:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from trashy_bumper@yahoo.com) Received: from web110514.mail.gq1.yahoo.com (web110514.mail.gq1.yahoo.com [67.195.8.119]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8D33F8FC0A for ; Sat, 20 Sep 2008 07:19:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from trashy_bumper@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 71820 invoked by uid 60001); 20 Sep 2008 07:19:53 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Message-ID; b=l4uUN1PCYC0qJ4MClIPDoseOzFwFkL048J1RfFvRDII5XcUXGCpi+wbigP2Dm+W7yyMpvduj5wENRiEzYAHz+qmWv5SDJzdu40+QcJJxpM8pSQQZOycHvw4MTjHh/QeC607PyoXGkf8DbE2vGRu200nCCBHElMEe6GSJgTE0JiU=; X-YMail-OSG: JifSSm8VM1near4bBFG_rILwv3D3CieuY3SKWJjICNPtkRk4ARW1OGK_leDAtSRL1g-- Received: from [81.95.185.78] by web110514.mail.gq1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:19:53 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.7.218.2 Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:19:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Nash Nipples To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <829747.71666.qm@web110514.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Subject: Re: xorg gfx card: amd64+xvideo+decent 2d performance X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: trashy_bumper@yahoo.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 07:19:59 -0000 > I've been trying to find anything that fits the > bill. My only > requirements are: > > * That it works with amd64 (on FreeBSD, obviously). > * That it supports Xvideo. > * That it has decent 2D performance. > * That it works with wide screen resolutions (so I > guess basically > modern hardware + modern driver). > > Unfortunately, the 'nv' driver has significant > performance issues so > nVidia cards are out. I love what ATI is doing with > the radeonhd > driver, but no Xvideo yet. what i really want to tell u is that a modern x server runs quiet smooth with x1650 series. I'm experiencing a little slow down when opening windows but when it draws it draws fast. Videos? Well played! it feels like almost the edge between the good and the evil. it is not so expensive and i think it should be available used, agp thats what u want! p.s. slow drivers? seriously?