From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 12 10:09:49 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FBC016A469 for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:09:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [IPv6:2001:1b20:1:3::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7549513C45B for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:09:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id lBCA9bVc035756; Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:09:46 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id lBCA9bvF035755; Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:09:37 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from olli) Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:09:37 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <200712121009.lBCA9bvF035755@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, kip.macy@gmail.com, sfourman@gmail.com In-Reply-To: X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-current User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.2-STABLE-20070808 (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:09:47 +0100 (CET) Cc: Subject: Re: amd64 NVIDIA support in FreeBSD 7 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, kip.macy@gmail.com, sfourman@gmail.com List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:09:49 -0000 Kip Macy wrote: > Sam Fourman Jr. wrote: > > from what it sounds like it ATI may be more of a realistic hope for > > compiz, and 3D video games to one day work on 64bit FreeBSD > > > > Thank you for taking the time to explain this. > > I don't know the status of ATI at the moment - if you want 3D support > on FreeBSD right *now* I think nvidia/i386 is your only option. It depends on your performance requirements. If you don't need the latest and fastest, an intel graphics chip might be an option. 3D acceleration support works fine with the i915 in my two years old notebook, and it's supposed to work as well with newer ones (although I've seen a problem report for the i965 recently). 3D performance is sufficient to run typical OpenGL screen savers or OpenGL games such as crack-attack or xkobo-deluxe in full screen (1400 x 1050) without flicker or jitter. That's a 2-years old 1.6 GHz Pentium-M. Of course, if you need only standard 2D acceleration (no 3D games and stuff), just about any graphics hardware should be fine. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd cat man du : where Unix geeks go when they die