Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:55:02 -0500 From: Adam K Kirchhoff <adamk@voicenet.com> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Cc: Ben Kaduk <minimarmot@gmail.com> Subject: Re: recommended new graphics card for amd64 Message-ID: <200711241655.04553.adamk@voicenet.com> In-Reply-To: <47d0403c0711231919j121258c9xcb549fac17b7308c@mail.gmail.com> References: <47d0403c0711231919j121258c9xcb549fac17b7308c@mail.gmail.com>
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On Friday 23 November 2007 22:19:44 Ben Kaduk wrote: > Hi all, > > Sorry if this is a FAQ, but I didn't see anything in the archives > for the past few months, and google wasn't helpful either. > > I'm looking to build a new machine from parts, and I want > to have a reasonably modern graphics card in it that supports > dual-headed output (preferably DVI, but doesn't really matter). > > I want to run freebsd-amd64 on the machine, so nvidia's > binary blob is out. The motherboard will probably only > have PCI-E slots (so no AGP cards). > > What cards are people getting good results from, these days? The Radeon x850 is the fastest card that has open source 3D drivers. They are PCI-E and support dual DVI (at least mine meets both qualifications). I've only tried freebsd-i386 for an extended time on this machine, but the DRI drivers work just fine (including AIGLX, if you patch the driver before building the kernel). On freebsd-amd64, Xorg comes up with direct rendering and a quick test shows the mesa demos working just as well as they do on i386. The downside to using this card on amd64 is that the linux_dri port is i386 only, which means I can't run any 3D linux games. Which means that if you want to use any linux opengl applications under FreeBSD, you will have to stick with i386. If amd64 is a requirement, the x850 seems to be a good choice. Adam
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