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From: "Kulraj Gurm (bosa.ca account)" <kulraj@bosa.ca>
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Subject: Re: nvidia vs. radeon (was Re: Questions regarding new computer purchase.)
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 22:50:43 -0700
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This should help answer some of  your questions :

http://www.xfree86.org/4.0.3/Status22.html#22
http://www.xfree86.org/4.0.3/Status6.html#6

I have very little experience running 3D applications on FreeBSD. So can't
really answer your query fully.

Regards,

Kulraj Gurm


----- Original Message -----
From: "Cyrille Lefevre" <clefevre-lists@noos.fr>
To: "Kulraj Gurm (bosa.ca account)" <kulraj@bosa.ca>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 9:01 PM
Subject: nvidia vs. radeon (was Re: Questions regarding new computer
purchase.)


> "Kulraj Gurm (bosa.ca account)" <kulraj@bosa.ca> writes:
>
> > 3.    GeForce 2 cards are available in several favours :
> >        - SDRAM or DDR RAM
> >        - MX, GTS or Ultra Chipset
> >        - 32Mb or 64Mb
> >        - Any of these are supported by XFree86, FreeBSD support is not
> > really an issue.
>
> supported in 2d but not in 3d until the linux nvidia driver is ported
> to freebsd. that what I understood.
>
> how about the radeon chip from ATI ? is it well supported in 2d ? in 3d ?
>
> Cyrille.
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