From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 29 19:27:31 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AB4416A41F for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2005 19:27:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sklauder@trimind.de) Received: from rhiannon.shopkeeper.de (rhiannon.shopkeeper.de [217.65.28.194]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F5C943D82 for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2005 19:27:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sklauder@trimind.de) Received: from avalon.dobu.local (p54B87104.dip.t-dialin.net [84.184.113.4]) (authenticated bits=0) by rhiannon.shopkeeper.de (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id jATJQsrn090487; Tue, 29 Nov 2005 20:26:54 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from sklauder@trimind.de) Received: from avalon.dobu.local (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by avalon.dobu.local (8.13.4/8.12.11) with ESMTP id jATJQrSG036042; Tue, 29 Nov 2005 20:26:53 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from sklauder@avalon.dobu.local) Received: (from sklauder@localhost) by avalon.dobu.local (8.13.4/8.13.3/Submit) id jATJQrlm036041; Tue, 29 Nov 2005 20:26:53 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from sklauder) Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 20:26:53 +0100 From: Sascha Klauder To: Gordon Bergling Message-ID: <20051129192653.GA35936@trimind.de> References: <20051129180656.GA3619@node26.0xfce3.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051129180656.GA3619@node26.0xfce3.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at trimind.de Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Recommendation] graphicscard (agp) for FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 19:27:31 -0000 On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 07:06:56PM +0100, Gordon Bergling wrote: > I am building a new workstation. Most hardware was just ordered, but I > am still need a good supported graphicscard for FreeBSD. > > Can anyone recommend a graphicscard based on AGP, which should be > support TV-Out. That heavily depends on what you want to do with it. If you just do 2D, DVD-playback and the like, I would recommend a Matrox G450 or G550 card. They feature superb image quality, are completely supported (TV-output worked when I last used one two years ago) and well documented, and even their OpenGL performance is sufficient for at least xscreensaver. If you need 3D/OpenGL performance, get an NVidia card. They have native drivers (binary-only though), which are quite stable. ATI Radeon cards are nice too, but I'd bad luck with DRI drivers recently. Cheers, -sascha