From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 14 00:30:38 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 F216C16A402 for ; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:30:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stephen@math.missouri.edu) Received: from an-out-f130.google.com (an-out-f130.google.com [209.85.132.130]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8412313C43E for ; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:30:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stephen@math.missouri.edu) Received: by an-out-f130.google.com with SMTP id c18so288601ana for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:30:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.64.251.9 with SMTP id y9mr423088qbh.1173830680012; Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:04:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.35.51.13 with SMTP id d13mr1632537pyk.1173830679941; Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:04:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.232]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id z53si1842046pyg.2007.03.13.17.04.39; Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:04:39 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of mazhitie+caf_=freebsdfree.linuxsir=blogger.com@gmail.com designates 64.233.184.232 as permitted sender) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 70so2637464wra for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:04:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.75.1 with SMTP id x1mr2683180waa.1173830679283; Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:04:39 -0700 (PDT) X-Forwarded-To: freebsdfree.linuxsir@blogger.com X-Forwarded-For: mazhitie@gmail.com freebsdfree.linuxsir@blogger.com Delivered-To: mazhitie@gmail.com Received: by 10.114.110.20 with SMTP id i20cs248720wac; Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:04:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.42.16 with SMTP id p16mr2613536wxp.1173830677154; Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:04:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx2.freebsd.org (mx2.freebsd.org [69.147.83.53]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id q34si8144016wrq.2007.03.13.17.04.35; Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:04:37 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org designates 69.147.83.53 as permitted sender) Received: from hub.freebsd.org (hub.freebsd.org [69.147.83.54]) by mx2.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E2BE11313; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:02:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org) Received: from hub.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB5B016A535; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:02:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org) X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E9B916A401; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:02:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stephen@math.missouri.edu) Received: from math.missouri.edu (math.missouri.edu [128.206.184.200]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DE7F13C43E; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:02:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stephen@math.missouri.edu) Received: from math.missouri.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by math.missouri.edu (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l2DNXHUj002391; Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:33:18 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from stephen@math.missouri.edu) Received: from localhost (stephen@localhost) by math.missouri.edu (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) with ESMTP id l2DNXFWK002388; Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:33:16 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from stephen@math.missouri.edu) Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:33:14 -0500 (CDT) From: Stephen Montgomery-Smith To: freebsdfree.linuxsir@alpha.blogger.com In-Reply-To: <200703132217.l2DMH0OD051784@ambrisko.com> Message-ID: <14631977.861173830679997.JavaMail.blogger-tech@eheo16.prod.google.com> References: <200703132217.l2DMH0OD051784@ambrisko.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Errors-To: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Kip Macy , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Nikolas Britton , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Don't buy AMD products (was Re: Xorg and ATI card query.) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:30:38 -0000 On Tue, 13 Mar 2007, Doug Ambrisko wrote: > Kip Macy writes: > | Please be very careful. The only real alternative (Intel comes and > | goes) is Nvidia whose driver is binary-only for i386 (no amd64 > | support) and has a history for being notoriously buggy. I only buy ATI > | because of the problems I keep seeing people have with the Nvidia > | driver. I have a friend who has basically abandoned his dual-head > | Nvidia card due to recurring issues. > > One thing that is a plus with nv is that X has some support for it, > whereas, the newer ati cards have no support :-( I was a fan of ati > since it was easier to get support. Now I'm starting to lean towards > Nvidia :-( I used to find nvidia drivers very buggy, but the recent drivers have greatly impressed me. 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