From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 17 23:01:11 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 CCF5D16A420 for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:01:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cracauer@koef.zs64.net) Received: from koef.zs64.net (koef.zs64.net [212.12.50.230]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7102213C459 for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:01:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cracauer@koef.zs64.net) Received: from koef.zs64.net (koef.zs64.net [212.12.50.230]) by koef.zs64.net (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id lBHN1A4f098585; Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:01:10 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from cracauer@koef.zs64.net) Received: (from cracauer@localhost) by koef.zs64.net (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id lBHN1ANY098584; Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:01:10 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from cracauer) Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:01:10 -0500 From: Martin Cracauer To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, kip.macy@gmail.com, sfourman@gmail.com Message-ID: <20071217230110.GB97600@cons.org> References: <200712121009.lBCA9bvF035755@lurza.secnetix.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200712121009.lBCA9bvF035755@lurza.secnetix.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: Subject: Re: amd64 NVIDIA support in FreeBSD 7 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:01:11 -0000 Oliver Fromme wrote on Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 11:09:37AM +0100: > 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. To my surprise, google earth (my "killer" 3D application) runs fine in this month's Xorg and FreeBSD RELENG_6 on my Radeon 7500 loaded Thinkpad. "fine" limited to after a long time idle it dies but it's really usable for a normal login session. > 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. Does it run Google Earth? Martin -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Martin Cracauer http://www.cons.org/cracauer/ FreeBSD - where you want to go, today. http://www.freebsd.org/