Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 01:56:12 +0200 (EET) From: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> To: Michal Pasternak <michal@pasternak.w.lub.pl> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Choosing a video card - Nvidia or ATI Message-ID: <20040112012111.X32387-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> In-Reply-To: <20040111153140.GB51951@pasternak.w.lub.pl>
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On Sun, 11 Jan 2004, Michal Pasternak wrote: > Louis Munro [Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 10:54:35AM -0500]: > > I have been building myself a new computer in the last weeks and I am now almost done except for choosing a video card. I have been reading up on the matter but some things remain confused after reading through both this list and xfree86.org, namely what support I might expect for things such as accelerated graphics using either an Nvidia or ATI chipset. > > ATI Radeon 9200 + XFree 4.3.0 + FreeBSD-4.9-STABLE work wonderful. Don't > choose NVidia, NVidia drivers still cause problems (reboot, panics, > lockups). ATI simply rocks compared to it -- it is very stable. > I have never seen any crashes with the nv driver, only the nvidia ones[1]. Unless you do heavy duty 3d it might easily cover all your needs. [1] the card in question is a PCI not AGP one.
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