Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 20:51:15 +0100 From: "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: OpenGL 3.3 and 4.0/4.1 for FreeBSD? Message-ID: <AANLkTinSQEMs3Dp5-tg7cUQWmgotnfzSk%2B87XD0OXfsO@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, I'd like to write some 3D programs with OpenGL 3.3 and OpenGL 4.0/4.1 API on FreeBSD, but I wonder which GPUs are supported at all, and which are well supported with stable drivers (on FreeBSD/i386 and FreeBSD/amd64). I know that MesaGL is still at OpenGL 2.1 level, so a proprietary closed binary blob driver + libs are needed to get 3.3 and 4.0/4.1 APIs, right? Do they have to be installed manually, or are there ports that are up to date and regularly updated? How painful is the experience? Which (GPU, driver) pair works best? I have no problems getting a new GPU, as long as it is definitely well supported on i386 and on amd64. Oh, while we're at it, I'm also interested in stuff like OpenCL and CUDA, so I guess I'll probably need nVidia hardware more than AMD/ATI atm... TIA, -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/
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