From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 3 16:39:51 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C03816A420 for ; Fri, 3 Mar 2006 16:39:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from micahjon@ywave.com) Received: from relay0.av-mx.com (relay0.av-mx.com [137.118.16.125]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBAC143D45 for ; Fri, 3 Mar 2006 16:39:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from micahjon@ywave.com) X-Virus-Scan-Time: 0 Received: from [137.118.16.55] (HELO mx3.av-mx.com) by relay0.av-mx.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with SMTP id 188689687 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 03 Mar 2006 11:39:47 -0500 Received: (qmail 27591 invoked from network); 3 Mar 2006 16:39:46 -0000 Received: from dsl29042.ywave.com (HELO ?192.168.1.65?) (micahjon@ywave.com@216.227.116.42) by mx3.av-mx.com with SMTP; 3 Mar 2006 16:39:46 -0000 X-CLIENT-IP: 216.227.116.42 X-CLIENT-HOST: dsl29042.ywave.com Message-ID: <44087151.8060606@ywave.com> Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 08:39:45 -0800 From: Micah User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060113) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Hans Nieser References: <4407867C.8030807@ywave.com> <4407F3C8.9030602@xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <4407F3C8.9030602@xs4all.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Card for basic 3D acceleration in FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 16:39:51 -0000 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