Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 13:35:03 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: xorquewasp@googlemail.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: the age old 3D hardware question Message-ID: <20081025113503.GA63738@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20081025074858.GA17098@logik.internal.network> References: <20081025074858.GA17098@logik.internal.network>
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--zYM0uCDKw75PZbzx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 08:48:58AM +0100, xorquewasp@googlemail.com wrote: > Hello. >=20 > I'm looking to buy a new workstation that needs to be able to run in > 64-bit (long) mode (working with large data sets). What are my options > for 3D acceleration without binary drivers? My needs are quite minimal, > I'm not running any games. >=20 > As far as I can tell, only onboard Intel graphics and some ATI cards can > provide acceleration without blobs. Is this really the case? Yes. Intel should work with a recent driver and drm components in the kernel. Recent ATI cards (R600) work in 2D only. 3D support for R5XX ATI chips shou= ld work in the X driver, but you might need recent patches from Robert Noland for the DRM component in the kernel. 3D support for R600 based cards is waiting on specs to be provided by ATI. =20 Check out http://www.phoronix.com/ for news about display drivers etc. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --zYM0uCDKw75PZbzx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkkDBGcACgkQEnfvsMMhpyWuggCfWCk8yTWxSMRyL5E/hbICXFsa P7YAn1L24J2jZUp3iE69UIunqR1OWDG1 =LMIX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --zYM0uCDKw75PZbzx--
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