From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 14 16:42:21 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17A3216A480; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:42:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stephen@math.missouri.edu) Received: from math.missouri.edu (math.missouri.edu [128.206.184.200]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D75BC13C465; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:42:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stephen@math.missouri.edu) Received: from [128.206.184.213] (cauchy.math.missouri.edu [128.206.184.213]) by math.missouri.edu (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l2EGgKAt053023; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 11:42:20 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from stephen@math.missouri.edu) Message-ID: <45F825EC.6030701@math.missouri.edu> Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 11:42:20 -0500 From: Stephen Montgomery-Smith User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.13) Gecko/20070309 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Scott Long References: <200703132217.l2DMH0OD051784@ambrisko.com> <25810306.6391173834144834.JavaMail.blogger-tech@ehja28.prod.google.com> <45F81AE8.5000105@cyberwang.net> <45F8213B.6000000@math.missouri.edu> <45F824F9.2070708@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <45F824F9.2070708@samsco.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88/2839/Wed Mar 14 03:24:32 2007 on math.missouri.edu X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Don't buy AMD products (was Re: Xorg and ATI card query.) 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: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:42:21 -0000 Scott Long wrote: > Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: > >> Sean Bryant wrote: >> >>> Andrew Reilly wrote: >>> >>>> On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 14:17:00 -0800 (PST) >>>> Doug Ambrisko wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> One thing that is a plus with nv is that X has some support for it, >>>>> whereas, the newer ati cards have no support :-( I was a fan of >>>>> ati since it was easier to get support. Now I'm starting to lean >>>>> towards Nvidia :-( >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Does anyone know if there are *any* contemporary graphics cards >>>> that have 3D acceleration supported by some flavour of >>>> open-source x.org? Doesn't have to be a super-fast 'leet gamer >>>> system to be better than a non-accelerated frame buffer. >>>> >>>> Matrox used to have a reputation for goodness (I used to have a >>>> G400 or the like), but it's been a long time... >>>> >>>> (I'm currently using a lowish-end NVidia card under the x.org nv >>>> driver, but it has issues (of which no 3D accel is but one...) >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Try the 'vesa' xorg driver. It may not be fancy or all that >>> accelerated but it works quite well. I have an nvidia card and >>> cannot get it to work for the life of me. the drive attached, but >>> nothing happens after that. It might be the fact that I have a PCI >>> express card. But the vesa driver is working just fine for me. >> >> >> >> I had a PCI-X nvidia card > > > PCI-X? Or PCI Express? PCI-X is not the same thing. > It isn't? I guess this shows my ignorance! Well, I think it is the PCI express - the one that is supposed to be super fast, and replace AGP. Stephen