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From: Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca>
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Cc: Micah <micahjon@ywave.com>
Subject: Re: Card for basic 3D acceleration in FreeBSD
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--- Vayu <vayua@sklinks.com> 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?

Nvidia GeForce FX 5500 is working well for me.  This
card is a couple of years old now.  I see many on
eBay:

http://search.ebay.ca/search/search.dll?MfcISAPICommand=GetResult&ht=1&shortcut=0&from=R41&query=GeForce+FX+5500&category0=&Submit=Search

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