Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 11:55:20 -0400 From: Sean Bryant <sean@cyberwang.net> To: Andrew Reilly <andrew-freebsd@areilly.bpc-users.org> Cc: freebsdfree.linuxsir@alpha.blogger.com, Kip Macy <kip.macy@gmail.com>, Nikolas@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Britton <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Don't buy AMD products (was Re: Xorg and ATI card query.) Message-ID: <45F81AE8.5000105@cyberwang.net> In-Reply-To: <25810306.6391173834144834.JavaMail.blogger-tech@ehja28.prod.google.com> References: <b1fa29170703131446v6ea65dabr952b8b65e3cce605@mail.gmail.com> <200703132217.l2DMH0OD051784@ambrisko.com> <25810306.6391173834144834.JavaMail.blogger-tech@ehja28.prod.google.com>
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Andrew Reilly wrote: > On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 14:17:00 -0800 (PST) > Doug Ambrisko <ambrisko@ambrisko.com> wrote: > >> One thing that is a plus with nv is that X has some support for it, >> whereas, the newer ati cards have no support :-( I was a fan of ati >> since it was easier to get support. Now I'm starting to lean towards >> Nvidia :-( >> > > Does anyone know if there are *any* contemporary graphics cards > that have 3D acceleration supported by some flavour of > open-source x.org? Doesn't have to be a super-fast 'leet gamer > system to be better than a non-accelerated frame buffer. > > Matrox used to have a reputation for goodness (I used to have a > G400 or the like), but it's been a long time... > > (I'm currently using a lowish-end NVidia card under the x.org nv > driver, but it has issues (of which no 3D accel is but one...) > > Cheers, > > Try the 'vesa' xorg driver. It may not be fancy or all that accelerated but it works quite well. I have an nvidia card and cannot get it to work for the life of me. the drive attached, but nothing happens after that. It might be the fact that I have a PCI express card. But the vesa driver is working just fine for me.
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