From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 3 01:33:37 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70BA216A419 for ; Sun, 3 Feb 2008 01:33:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kimimeister@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.177]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4355613C468 for ; Sun, 3 Feb 2008 01:33:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kimimeister@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id k17so1526015waf.3 for ; Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:33:36 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=Fy83MUvqvFzgMgnKBFmXnxGylfRm6RfY7J9KIWKj+es=; b=dDY02JfzeeESLPTpljTuZ9klrZ4nMjY3O7d8OfkglxqdV+aFF1l3k1NBdbpYhndB3u2sgk4ih4mBJvtbzUgyMX/lDuCwKvCWzLUy0P6MpwBJMATclaRmUfECUmW0+uhwBMZYPJEJT+qiTxUqT6oVJuKb/eQwLjxzvyov06S631k= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=vJF6HxjEnClQDgS0dw1NSmMCMh87j4Hu+NE6S3ORf6c/4oWBuffnBdaous69UPvpMbWRc59mfa7+De6I4YiNB9dejF/CGe5oIdmVrVrtEKyapRGyNLR0sqUHpuy0Y7k7pUeq5aQFQBaNJwgxeqpqR5A/h+5+ZEYqoeLUOyd2LdQ= Received: by 10.114.130.1 with SMTP id c1mr5591585wad.52.1202002416812; Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:33:36 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.114.201.15 with HTTP; Sat, 2 Feb 2008 17:33:36 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <42b497160802021733m6a2e8655i1ff4f0e5ae01e8f4@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 01:33:36 +0000 From: Kimi To: "Wojciech Puchar" In-Reply-To: <20080202231028.P4423@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200802022112.28641.jmc-freebsd@milibyte.co.uk> <20080202231028.P4423@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Cc: Mike Clarke , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Nvidia graphics on AMD64 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: Sun, 03 Feb 2008 01:33:37 -0000 On 02/02/2008, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > [...] > i needed few hours to install things i use. not a very helpful comment at all. Durons were pretty crap. > [...] > by general there are lots of problems with nvidia as it's closed source. > i always avoid closed source. again, not helpful. some people do not have choice but to use a closed source driver. > [...] > > i would check if it will really work as it should - AT ALL, before buying. > xorg-driver-nv will be more then good enough, providing 3D is not needed. > [...] > any WORKING card should suffice for your needs. hehe -- Regards, Kimi