From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 3 20:51:56 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 D8AE116A420 for ; Fri, 3 Mar 2006 20:51:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from h.nieser@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr12.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr12.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.32]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4014543D45 for ; Fri, 3 Mar 2006 20:51:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from h.nieser@xs4all.nl) Received: from [192.168.1.10] (nieser.net [194.109.160.131]) by smtp-vbr12.xs4all.nl (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k23KprjM061334 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 3 Mar 2006 21:51:54 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from h.nieser@xs4all.nl) Message-ID: <4408AC70.7050505@xs4all.nl> Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 21:52:00 +0100 From: Hans Nieser User-Agent: Mail/News 1.5 (X11/20060211) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Micah , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4407867C.8030807@ywave.com> <4407F3C8.9030602@xs4all.nl> <44087151.8060606@ywave.com> In-Reply-To: <44087151.8060606@ywave.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: 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 20:51:57 -0000 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