From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 25 21:13:57 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60FDE16A405 for ; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 21:13:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout1.cac.washington.edu (mxout1.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.134]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F3F713C465 for ; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 21:13:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.33.7] (may be forged)) by mxout1.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l2PLDuWn031319 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 14:13:56 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.10.45] (c-67-187-172-183.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [67.187.172.183]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l2PLDubj017689 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 14:13:56 -0700 Message-ID: <4607D531.3080104@u.washington.edu> Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:14:09 +0000 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070325) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4606D940.9040907@p6m7g8.com> In-Reply-To: <4606D940.9040907@p6m7g8.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.3.0.289146, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.0.283055, Antispam-Data: 2007.3.25.135933 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=XIII, Probability=13%, Report='DATE_IN_FUTURE_12_24 1.3, __CP_MEDIA_BODY 0, __CP_URI_IN_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __STOCK_PHRASE_7 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Subject: Re: Dual Monitor Video Cards 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 Mar 2007 21:13:57 -0000 Philip M. Gollucci wrote: > Hi, > > Can anyone recommend a good video card for xorg+FreeBsd i386. > I won't be playing any games on this computer. > Should do well at 24bit color depth and 1600x1280 resolution. > > preferably $100-$200 range. > > I've had good luck with 2 of these and 4 monitors at $work > nvidia0: port 0x3000-0x307f mem > 0xe4000000-0xe4ffffff,0xc0000000-0xcfffffff,0xe5000000-0xe5ffffff irq > 16 at device 0.0 on pci1 > nvidia0: [GIANT-LOCKED] > > nvidia1: port 0x1000-0x107f mem > 0xe1000000-0xe1ffffff,0xd0000000-0xdfffffff,0xe2000000-0xe2ffffff irq > 16 at device 0.0 on pci16 > nvidia1: [GIANT-LOCKED] > > using > 5 1 0xc0b59000 6d3ea0 nvidia.ko > Don't get ATI. They're impossible to setup in FreeBSD with OpenGL support (and are even a pain in the a$% to setup in Linux with the proprietary drivers..). Anything nVidia, Geforce 6200 and higher will work. Here's my 6200 that I have in my old desktop: , and I can verify that this card works like a charm for many uses. If you want dual-DVI though, you're probably better with the upper level 6000 series GT cards (if you're budget's on the cheap), because they have wonderful DVI and rendering capability, and are expandable for many uses, except playing high end games (a few years back) like Half-Life 2 and Oblivion. -Garrett