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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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> >   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.

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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

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