From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 4 17:40:36 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: 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 10C6116A404 for ; Thu, 4 May 2006 17:40:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kep.woof@gmail.com) Received: from nz-out-0102.google.com (nz-out-0102.google.com [64.233.162.200]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9091043D49 for ; Thu, 4 May 2006 17:40:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kep.woof@gmail.com) Received: by nz-out-0102.google.com with SMTP id l1so492459nzf for ; Thu, 04 May 2006 10:40:35 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=MxRBrmFuWKU6aAa4zTROqKEYWATt8PhchTwG2lE7Eu5egAbFN+q6XrWafVzuIFphqIDMqJyra8km/GlJght/ufV8y1+IPojWEs8x3EJ66umplEM5VtKdO1ukOsmfi3+D2Ph7KRc2yA5/+fLKofkSbqaHayZa/UnG4qgWXSy+acM= Received: by 10.64.250.11 with SMTP id x11mr459751qbh; Thu, 04 May 2006 10:40:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.65.220.11 with HTTP; Thu, 4 May 2006 10:40:35 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <9c8168780605041040n5f434f0dl39f59f8c41614610@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 18:40:35 +0100 From: "Kep Woof" To: "Alex Zbyslaw" , questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <445A360E.3080800@dial.pipex.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <9c8168780605040928j3c57ec2dne835d4f449abbfab@mail.gmail.com> <445A360E.3080800@dial.pipex.com> Cc: Subject: Re: which graphics card? 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: Thu, 04 May 2006 17:40:36 -0000 hi, On 5/4/06, Alex Zbyslaw wrote: > 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. It'll certainly run your screen saver= :-) > Runs cool too. that's really promising, as soon as i get a new mobo i'll try it out.=20 i've never used x with dvi before. i'm guessing that with the nvidia drivers on i386 dual-head should work properly on both screens?=20 whenever i buy new hardware i often find that it doesn't work like i imagined, and i can imagine something silly like direct rendering only working on one screen, or not being able to get both screens working over dvi at the same time, or that sort of sillyness. still, there's a fine line between questions and therapy ;) thanks for your help. kep