Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 21:50:00 -0800 From: Joseph Vella <satyam@sklinks.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Micah <micahjon@ywave.com> Subject: Re: Card for basic 3D acceleration in FreeBSD Message-ID: <200603022150.00196.satyam@sklinks.com> In-Reply-To: <200603022137.17306.vayua@sklinks.com> References: <4407867C.8030807@ywave.com> <200603022137.17306.vayua@sklinks.com>
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On Thursday 02 March 2006 21:37, Vayu wrote: > On Thursday 02 March 2006 15:57, Micah wrote: > > I'm looking for a card to handle some simple OpenGL stuff for a class > > I'm taking. I have an ATI X300 card, but 3D acceleration is not > > supported on it in the current Xorg. The only slots on my Mobo are PCI > > and PCI-EX. I use the i386 release of FreeBSD currently, but would like > > to have the option to move to the amd64 release. Any suggestions on a > > low-end (read cheap) card? I know "nvidia" is often recommended, but > > any particular model? > > > > Thanks, > > Micah > > _______________________________________________ > > I use the fglrx driver on my laptop in Linux with an ATI x300 mobility. It > does hardware OpenGL just fine. I noticed this thread where that driver > has been ported to FreeBSD. Maybe you could try that. > > http://www.bsdforums.org/forums/showthread.php?threadid=37837 > > I have two FreeBSD desktop machines that have 3D support through nVidia. I > downloaded their latest driver for FreeBSD from their website (I think > 8178) and it compiled on both my machines perfectly. One has the 6600 and > another has a 6600GT. Both are excellent price/performance. I have a > lower end 6200 which is also great and pretty inexpensive. I haven't used > it on FreeBSD but it uses the same driver, so it should work just fine. > Sorry Micah, I should have read more closely, I just noticed that the ATI driver in the link I supplied doesn't support 3D. As I mentioned before I'm happy with nVidia cards and drivers. Newegg has several 6200s for under $50: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?N=2010380048+1069609641&Submit=ENE&Subcategory=48&ATTR10=2010380048+1069609641&Order=price
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