Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 08:11:35 +0200 From: Rink Springer <rink@FreeBSD.org> To: "Stephane E. Potvin" <sepotvin@videotron.ca> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, Clifton Royston <cliftonr@lava.net> Subject: Re: PCI Express graphics reliability/functionality in 6.1? Message-ID: <20060609061135.GE34130@rink.nu> In-Reply-To: <4488DDAF.8080403@videotron.ca> References: <20060609020815.GA342@lava.net> <4488DDAF.8080403@videotron.ca>
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--wRRV7LY7NUeQGEoC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > I can't find anything specific about PCI Express in the 6.1 release > > notes. However, I have Googled up some reports of various PCI-E > > graphic cards working badly in Xorg under FreeBSD and other open source > > OSes. In general should PCI Express graphics cards work properly and > > perform reasonably well for Xorg and OpenGL graphics under FreeBSD, if > > I avoid the "touchier" nVidia cards, or do I need to stick with AGP for > > reliability? I have a GeForce 6800GS PCIe x16 card, which has been rock-solid so far (I had to use the Nvidia drivers from ports, the 'nv' driver only gives me a messed up text console...). This is on a dual opteron 2x 846 on a Tyan Thunder K8SE motherboard. --=20 Rink P.W. Springer - http://rink.nu "Richter: Tribute? You steal men's souls, and make them your slaves! Dracula: Perhaps the same could be said of all religions." - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night --wRRV7LY7NUeQGEoC Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEiREXb3O60uztv/8RAiZPAJwMX2r3UGV/oD6G4LV7SkPywcsx7wCfa2Fh oc+uHjwg/ceANbd8R4cyPfk= =C8st -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --wRRV7LY7NUeQGEoC--
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