From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 5 07:19:25 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5495A16A4CE for ; Wed, 5 May 2004 07:19:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sirius.firepipe.net (sirius.firepipe.net [69.13.116.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 110E843D49 for ; Wed, 5 May 2004 07:19:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from will@csociety.org) Received: by sirius.firepipe.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 71A5C17F2E; Wed, 5 May 2004 09:19:24 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 09:19:24 -0500 From: Will Andrews To: Dimitry Andric Message-ID: <20040505141924.GF34693@sirius.firepipe.net> Mail-Followup-To: Dimitry Andric , Johan Pettersson , nilson@bellsouth.net, freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <40982623.2090804@bellsouth.net> <200405051042.32879.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20040505102632.73f67bbe.manlix@demonized.net> <115944527.20040505112857@andric.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="mNe6SYwlAlLDuqTf" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <115944527.20040505112857@andric.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 06 May 2004 04:59:22 -0700 cc: nilson@bellsouth.net cc: Johan Pettersson cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nVidia FX Support? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 14:19:25 -0000 --mNe6SYwlAlLDuqTf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 11:28:57AM +0200, Dimitry Andric wrote: > The problem is that NVidia hasn't updated its binary-only FreeBSD > driver since July 1st, 2003. Any cards released after this date will > not work properly, or at all, with this driver. So please go bug > NVidia. :) >=20 > But, see also this thread: > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-threads/2003-June/000530.html >=20 > which might explain why it takes forever for new drivers to arrive. :( Well, the FX 5900 Ultra was released on June 28, 2003. You'd think that card would be fast enough for most any FreeBSD user for a while... unless you actually want a 6800 Ultra? :) Although, the 5950 and 5700 were released in October. I don't think that's a big gap, though. I've seen at least one user quite happy with his 5900 Ultra. Regards, --=20 wca --mNe6SYwlAlLDuqTf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAmPfsF47idPgWcsURAg7LAJ46v+53DLoQo/BMBX8a7Dlx3/eaxgCfYyLR 0mQyFjS5gQR0ghv5u0Wgats= =mLB2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --mNe6SYwlAlLDuqTf--