From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 22 03:56:59 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8009B16A407 for ; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 03:56:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kirk@strauser.com) Received: from kanga.honeypot.net (kanga.honeypot.net [208.162.254.122]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4309F13C465 for ; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 03:56:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kirk@strauser.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kanga.honeypot.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CFBE20745F for ; Sun, 21 Jan 2007 21:56:58 -0600 (CST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at honeypot.net Received: from kanga.honeypot.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (kanga.honeypot.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 6VN5do+wYPKV for ; Sun, 21 Jan 2007 21:56:50 -0600 (CST) Received: from kanga.honeypot.net (kanga.honeypot.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f01:224:1::2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by kanga.honeypot.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 956CF20AA84 for ; Sun, 21 Jan 2007 21:56:50 -0600 (CST) From: Kirk Strauser To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 21:56:42 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 X-Face: &'; cS03F?rr_w2Qce.d2f7xmwXfcJWDs>}CkpDw.c]ZJJ_)i0Nx Subject: Help me pick a replacement graphics card? 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: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 03:56:59 -0000 --nextPart17808813.U8RshLo0fU Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline My aging GeForce MX 400 is dying and I want to replace it with something a = bit=20 more modern. My desktop is running FreeBSD 6.2 on a Asus A7V (Via chipset)= =20 motherboard with a 1.4GHz Athlon. This is more of a hardward question than= =20 software, although pointers to any FreeBSD-specific driver gotchas would be= =20 appreciated. Basically, I want to run a few OpenGL apps (particular the "Second Life"=20 client, which works perfectly under Linux emulation), so I pretty much have= =20 to use the "nvidia" driver and not the open "NV" driver. The old card's=20 performance was fine for my purposes, so almost much anything at all newer= =20 should be OK. Therefore, I don't want to spend a lot of money on this. =20 However, I don't want to buy a card so old that NVidia will drop support fo= r=20 it in the next driver upgrade, as they did with this current card. My motherboard has an AGP 4x slot that the "nvidia" driver wants to run in = 2x=20 mode because it doesn't like the Via chipset. Now, it seems like there are= =20 precious few AGP 4x cards available these days; most look like 8x. Are tho= se=20 backward compatible all the way to 2x? Google returns plenty of=20 authoritative-sounding hits on both sides. Is there anything else I should be looking for? Any specific models you mi= ght=20 recommend? =2D-=20 Kirk Strauser --nextPart17808813.U8RshLo0fU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBFtDYA5sRg+Y0CpvERApJyAJ9jYCEIUBuOXX81GtS/2gSNC+5yewCfSmtf cnkEBowCQmha+o93fEfScl8= =jYZ1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart17808813.U8RshLo0fU--