From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 11 08:34:33 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4C2B16A4CE for ; Sun, 11 Jan 2004 08:34:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from mout.perfora.net (mout.perfora.net [217.160.230.41]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA2DE43D41 for ; Sun, 11 Jan 2004 08:34:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dark@unixdaemon.org) Received: from [217.160.230.52] (helo=smtp.perfora.net) by mout.perfora.net with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1AfiXk-0000Rc-00; Sun, 11 Jan 2004 11:34:28 -0500 Received: from [24.169.60.91] (helo=mxus.perfora.net) by smtp.perfora.net with asmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1AfiXk-0002tN-00; Sun, 11 Jan 2004 11:34:28 -0500 Received: from unixdaemon.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mxus.perfora.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95BA7473D; Sun, 11 Jan 2004 11:34:13 -0500 (EST) Received: (from dark@localhost) by unixdaemon.org (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id i0BGYBj1084000; Sun, 11 Jan 2004 11:34:11 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 11:34:11 -0500 From: Dev Tugnait To: Michal Pasternak Message-ID: <20040111163411.GA31799@unixdaemon.org> References: <000801c3d85b$3725e600$0300a8c0@gonzoboreas> <20040111153140.GB51951@pasternak.w.lub.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040111153140.GB51951@pasternak.w.lub.pl> X-Editor: Vim http://www.vim.org/ X-Info: http://unixdaemon.org X-Operating-System: Unix/5.1-RELEASE (i386) X-Uptime: 11:32AM up 30 days, 19:27, 19 users, load averages: 0.00, 0.02, 0.00 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i cc: Louis Munro cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Choosing a video card - Nvidia or ATI X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 16:34:33 -0000 I use nvidia geforce 2 60mb never crashed X never had a panic or reboot it runs so much more better on bsd than linux. If you have a low budget nvidia all the way. Current uptime with X on desktop is 45 days and X hasnt crashed ever since i ran it :) and yes good movie and dvd playback too * Michal Pasternak (michal@pasternak.w.lub.pl) wrote: > Louis Munro [Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 10:54:35AM -0500]: > > I have been building myself a new computer in the last weeks and I am now almost done except for choosing a video card. I have been reading up on the matter but some things remain confused after reading through both this list and xfree86.org, namely what support I might expect for things such as accelerated graphics using either an Nvidia or ATI chipset. > > ATI Radeon 9200 + XFree 4.3.0 + FreeBSD-4.9-STABLE work wonderful. Don't > choose NVidia, NVidia drivers still cause problems (reboot, panics, > lockups). ATI simply rocks compared to it -- it is very stable. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" ---++--- ---------GnuPGPVer 1.2.3-------------------------------------------------- pub 1024D/B9046473 2003-11-21 Dev Tugnait (Freebsd) Key fingerprint = F690 6725 1930 6FBE C05A FE4D 6CB1 34C1 B904 6473 sub 1024g/F8F019DF 2003-11-21 --------------------------------------------------------------------------