Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:13:56 -0700 (PDT) From: youshi10@u.washington.edu To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Don't buy AMD products (was Re: Xorg and ATI card query.) Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0703141013560.20708@hymn01.u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <45F825EC.6030701@math.missouri.edu>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Wed, 14 Mar 2007, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: > 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 <ambrisko@ambrisko.com> 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 Yes, there's a difference. Please read: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI-X>. -Garrett
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.LNX.4.43.0703141013560.20708>