From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 18 17:44:35 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0AA716A4CE for ; Tue, 18 May 2004 17:44:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from magnesium.net (toxic.magnesium.net [207.154.84.15]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 96A9843D3F for ; Tue, 18 May 2004 17:44:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from drbrain@magnesium.net) Received: (qmail 13210 invoked by uid 1100); 19 May 2004 00:44:21 -0000 Date: 18 May 2004 17:44:21 -0700 Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 17:44:21 -0700 From: Eric Hodel To: Jon Noack Message-ID: <20040519004421.GL1700@segment7.net> References: <20040518012922.IPHP7895.lakermmtao10.cox.net@smtp.central.cox.net> <40AA6F9E.1040004@alumni.rice.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="oY1uq2ONqt5kuovO" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <40AA6F9E.1040004@alumni.rice.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Organization: Eric Conspiracy Secret Labs X-Eric-Conspiracy: There is no conspiracy cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org cc: eqe-support@cox.net Subject: Re: best video card for bsds X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 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: Wed, 19 May 2004 00:44:36 -0000 --oY1uq2ONqt5kuovO Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Jon Noack (noackjr@alumni.rice.edu) wrote: > When I say 'accelerated' I mostly mean 3D. Accelerated drivers often=20 > improve 2D performance as well, but for the vast majority of cases the=20 > 2D speed of the unaccelerated drivers is sufficient. >=20 > Note that I am only considering ATI and nVidia cards as they are by far= =20 > the most popular. Others (like Matrox) also offer excellent X support=20 > but are more niche products. I'm quite pleased with my Matrox G550, the only "problem" I have with it is that after starting X, returning to the text console leaves the second monitor on, requiring me to turn it off with the power switch, but that's not too far of a reach. --=20 Eric Hodel - drbrain@segment7.net - http://segment7.net All messages signed with fingerprint: FEC2 57F1 D465 EB15 5D6E 7C11 332A 551C 796C 9F04 --oY1uq2ONqt5kuovO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAqq3lMypVHHlsnwQRAgmcAKD3bbT3wzicxkmfJrZBWJRx3NJ8zQCg3Cxj 8EjvgyxsnCr5hckQkIL2UY8= =8a2d -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --oY1uq2ONqt5kuovO--