From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 14 01:45:01 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 CC9E816A402 for ; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 01:45:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout4.cac.washington.edu (mxout4.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.19]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C13F13C448 for ; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 01:45:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.139]) by mxout4.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l2E1j0rk013991 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:45:01 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.10.42] (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 l2E1ixvO008134 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:44:59 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) In-Reply-To: <25810306.6391173834144834.JavaMail.blogger-tech@ehja28.prod.google.com> References: <200703132217.l2DMH0OD051784@ambrisko.com> <25810306.6391173834144834.JavaMail.blogger-tech@ehja28.prod.google.com> X-Gpgmail-State: !signed Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Garrett Cooper Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:44:56 -0700 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-PMX-Version: 5.3.0.289146, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.0.283055, Antispam-Data: 2007.3.13.183434 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __HAS_X_MAILER 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0' Subject: Re: Don't buy AMD products (was Re: Xorg and ATI card query.) 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: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 01:45:01 -0000 On Mar 13, 2007, at 4:43 PM, Andrew Reilly wrote: > On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 14:17:00 -0800 (PST) > Doug Ambrisko wrote: >> 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 :-( > > Does anyone know if there are *any* contemporary graphics cards > that have 3D acceleration supported by some flavour of > open-source x.org? Doesn't have to be a super-fast 'leet gamer > system to be better than a non-accelerated frame buffer. > > Matrox used to have a reputation for goodness (I used to have a > G400 or the like), but it's been a long time... > > (I'm currently using a lowish-end NVidia card under the x.org nv > driver, but it has issues (of which no 3D accel is but one...) > > Cheers, > > -- > Andrew Crud.. should have known that ATI would close the majority of their source / specs once AMD bought them up. The funny thing is that in the past ATI was very open-source friendly I heard, and better than nVidia. That may soon change now. Having owned 2 nVidia cards and using them with unix though, I don't see why people are having such a hard time getting the proprietary drivers running. Then again I don't use their bleeding edge cards, so I can't say how well those are supported under freebsd with their drivers. -Garrett