From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 26 03:32:50 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AB1D1065678 for ; Mon, 26 May 2008 03:32:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: from chen.org.nz (ip-58-28-152-174.static-xdsl.xnet.co.nz [58.28.152.174]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4A3A8FC17 for ; Mon, 26 May 2008 03:32:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: by chen.org.nz (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 15C6128436; Mon, 26 May 2008 15:32:47 +1200 (NZST) Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 15:32:47 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen To: Chuck Robey Message-ID: <20080526033247.GA93266@osiris.chen.org.nz> References: <4839E278.3060208@magichamster.com> <20080525225428.GA71710@osiris.chen.org.nz> <483A189B.4000700@telenix.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <483A189B.4000700@telenix.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best nVidia card for Xorg on FreeBSD? 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: Mon, 26 May 2008 03:32:50 -0000 On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 09:55:39PM -0400, Chuck Robey wrote: [...] > So, could you > tell me, are your comments about the Nvidia card driver performance dealing with > the Nvidia-supplied driver and OpenGL libs they have, as expressed in the > FreeBSD-ports supplied (from Nvidia code) Nvidia driver?? I have them compiled > under FreeBSD-current, because a friend recommended them as the best available, > is that wrong? Is there better? I am not aware of any pure-public driver for > those cards, but I just am not very well up on their details, so I want to be > sure of your meaning, making sure I have you right here.. I've got a nVidia card on a FreeBSD-7/amd64 system, and so the only driver I can use is the xorg-nvidia driver. The driver from the nVidia is not an option for me. If you have an i386 system, the driver from nVidia is *MUCH* faster than the xorg driver. Queries to nVidia about the possiblity of an amd64 compatibile driver led me to the kernel-feature list that they would like to have before being able to release a driver form amd64 hosts. HTH. -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.