From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 24 07:13:32 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FE7A16A4CE for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2005 07:13:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: from leguin.anholt.net (69-30-77-85.dq1sn.easystreet.com [69.30.77.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFCBC43D5A for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2005 07:13:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from eta@lclark.edu) Received: from leguin.anholt.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by leguin.anholt.net (8.13.3/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j2O7DUDW001166; Wed, 23 Mar 2005 23:13:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eta@lclark.edu) Received: (from anholt@localhost) by leguin.anholt.net (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id j2O7DUr4001165; Wed, 23 Mar 2005 23:13:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eta@lclark.edu) X-Authentication-Warning: leguin.anholt.net: anholt set sender to eta@lclark.edu using -f From: Eric Anholt To: Gert Cuykens In-Reply-To: References: <20050323013126.GH53316@afflictions.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 23:13:29 -0800 Message-Id: <1111648409.995.4.camel@leguin> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.0 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nvidia X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 07:13:32 -0000 On Wed, 2005-03-23 at 22:06 +0100, Gert Cuykens wrote: > On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 20:31:26 -0500, Damian Gerow wrote: > > Thus spake Gert Cuykens (gert.cuykens@gmail.com) [22/03/05 18:30]: > > : Do the nvidia display drivers work on amd64 ? > > > > Quite well, actually. Just not with the binary driver supplied by nVidia. > > In the meantime, you can use the open-source 'nv' driver with neither issue, > > nor hardware-accelerrated 3D. > > > > I have no clue when nVidia will be releasing a driver, so don't ask. > > > > At least the support is better then ATI :( On AMD64? Definitely not -- you've still got 3d acceleration for Rage 128 through R200 on AMD64. Sure, the latest cards aren't supported, but that's still unfortunately the best there is for FreeBSD/amd64.