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On Sun, 9 Dec 2012 15:47:06 -0800
Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> wrote:

> > 
> 
> 
> 	Rats:: xvidtune gave me 
> 
> 	"Video modes are not settable on this chip."
> 
> 	how cheap can you get? no, the question is: what chip/video
> card do I need that will get me [at least]  1920x1280?

Unless you wish to get the the KMS stuff working like Warren Block
suggested, I strongly advise getting a Nvidia card as of
currently that is the easiest and most reliable way to get good 3D
under FreeBSD.