Date: Thu, 04 May 2006 18:12:46 +0100 From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> To: Kep Woof <kep.woof@gmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: which graphics card? Message-ID: <445A360E.3080800@dial.pipex.com> In-Reply-To: <9c8168780605040928j3c57ec2dne835d4f449abbfab@mail.gmail.com> References: <9c8168780605040928j3c57ec2dne835d4f449abbfab@mail.gmail.com>
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Kep Woof wrote: > i need to have direct rendering and dual head dvi. in 2006, decent 3d > performance doesn't seem unreasonable, even if it is just to run a > swanky screen saver. i've got an xfx geforce 6800GT sitting around > here that i'd like to use, but it seems this is currently impossible > on amd64. it seems like a huge waste to run the i386 version on an > amd64 machine, I can't comment on the difference because I didn't bother with amd64 for the very reasons you mention. But, for me, A8V plus single core AMD 4000 + 6800GT is plain bloody fast. Most regular work things I run on it go faster than a single CPU 2.8Ghz Dell 2850, and though you can beat a 6800GT these days, the only way to really *trounce* it is to run two graphics cards with SLI and I'm not sure FreeBSD supports that yet. It'll certainly run your screen saver :-) Runs cool too. There might be better mobos than an A8V these days - I got mine a year ago - but pretty much everything on it works. COM2 needs some kind of expansion but I only needed one. You can always switch to amd64 if NVidia ever do provide drivers. You could also "me too" on their message boards which might make some tiny difference. --Alex
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