From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 11 01:08:14 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0206D16A416 for ; Sat, 11 Nov 2006 01:08:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dwiest@vailsys.com) Received: from cprobd02.vailsys.com (cprobd02.vailsys.com [63.210.102.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21A8A43D5A for ; Sat, 11 Nov 2006 01:08:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dwiest@vailsys.com) Received: from dfsfbd06.vail (dfsfbd06.vail [192.168.129.190]) by cprobd02.vailsys.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1568CE511 for ; Fri, 10 Nov 2006 19:08:09 -0600 (CST) Received: from dfwdamian.vail (dfwdamian.vail [192.168.129.233]) by dfsfbd06.vail (Postfix) with ESMTP id 754D0323E8E for ; Fri, 10 Nov 2006 19:08:09 -0600 (CST) Received: from dfwdamian.vail (dwiest@localhost.vail [127.0.0.1]) by dfwdamian.vail (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id kAB189cG030957 for ; Fri, 10 Nov 2006 19:08:09 -0600 (CST) Received: (from dwiest@localhost) by dfwdamian.vail (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id kAB189OM011817 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 10 Nov 2006 19:08:09 -0600 (CST) X-Authentication-Warning: dfwdamian.vail: dwiest set sender to dwiest@vailsys.com using -f Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 19:08:09 -0600 From: Damian Wiest To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20061111010809.GF25030@dfwdamian.vail> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Subject: Re: Nvidia has drivers for FreeBSD (but my xorg is already working) 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: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 01:08:14 -0000 On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 12:56:39PM +0300, Andrew Pantyukhin wrote: > On 11/8/06, Mark Jayson Alvarez wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I have a Palit GeForce 6500 PCI-E 256Mb/64bit and I'm running x windows. > >What do I need that NVidia FreeBSD driver for? > > 3d It's also useful for getting all of your other video-out (svideo, composite, 2nd head, etc.) features working. Beware though. NVidia refuses to release documentation for their cards and forces you to run binary blobs to get all of the card's features to work. Also, they don't offer said blobs for all platforms, so you may get burned. I've had the misfortune of wasting my money on one of their cards only to find that their binary driver is only available for x86. Until NVidia decides to provide proper documentation for their cards, I'd avoid them and go with an ATI product. -Damian