Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 08:39:45 -0800 From: Micah <micahjon@ywave.com> To: Hans Nieser <h.nieser@xs4all.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Card for basic 3D acceleration in FreeBSD Message-ID: <44087151.8060606@ywave.com> In-Reply-To: <4407F3C8.9030602@xs4all.nl> References: <4407867C.8030807@ywave.com> <4407F3C8.9030602@xs4all.nl>
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Hans Nieser wrote: > 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? >> > > I myself ran into an issue with FreeBSD and nvidia where my PCI-Express > Geforce 6800GT only gave a fraction of the performance that I should have > been able to get. After asking about it on the nvidia forums at nvnews.net > I was told that there is an issue between the nvidia driver and FreeBSD > kernel that affect non-native PCI-Express cards, it was being worked on > but for now I am still suffering from it. More info: > > http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=59981 Yeah, I've seen that problem mentioned in previous posts. How terrible is the performance? I just need something that can get more than 1 fps on simple ogl class projects. Additionally, does anyone know the answer to the last question in the thread pointed to above? "Exactly which nvidia cards are/are not 'native' PCI-Express?" Thanks, Micah
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