Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 21:52:00 +0100 From: Hans Nieser <h.nieser@xs4all.nl> To: Micah <micahjon@ywave.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Card for basic 3D acceleration in FreeBSD Message-ID: <4408AC70.7050505@xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <44087151.8060606@ywave.com> References: <4407867C.8030807@ywave.com> <4407F3C8.9030602@xs4all.nl> <44087151.8060606@ywave.com>
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Micah wrote: > 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?" > Well, the performance isn't too horrible I think, especially if you're just going to run some basic OpenGL apps. I think it was roughly 1/4 to 1/3 of what I would get in Windows in a game like Doom 3, games like Quake 3 actually ran at about 40-50 FPS on the Geforce 6800GT I too am curious about which cards are native PCI-Express
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