From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 14 16:00:16 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E1E21065676 for ; Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:00:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gesbbb@yahoo.com) Received: from smtp101.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com (smtp101.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com [76.13.13.40]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 257A58FC17 for ; Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:00:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 25593 invoked from network); 14 Oct 2009 16:00:15 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Received:X-Yahoo-SMTP:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:Received:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:Reply-To:Organization:X-Mailer:Face:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=URKBBdo3Qssiu49d0ICUPojHo2HbO+2fQ12uHzXIiDFMnX2bWIMgMpcVDS860tLUQoyQzjJAkkpPUBRbbNfMNPxxTgtXlFWeGuy8SUCtu+GWhVtKVVXBR7rTo22pg70hJGhejKOA3ZOayUJkXtSOl7/fByR+5adv6/gxqImmQvc= ; Received: from c-67-189-183-172.hsd1.ny.comcast.net (gesbbb@67.189.183.172 with login) by smtp101.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with SMTP; 14 Oct 2009 09:00:14 -0700 PDT X-Yahoo-SMTP: yeAAMgKswBATCul4lSbCWspvTA-- X-YMail-OSG: 04psV2sVM1kC1dawQzXfEw8pFTc321TJ9SB7pRRtCcep2rhkorWLRdPhaqIlk.4lWItKPQazZFDyusdHFnwyTQD0HQ3_JHwDt5qxcpddIw9qabQfpJgo3K444tujIjOArgAXEU_o700767vZ5aWdgIkS3iJS9tLDLNEwlTwz0TcC9GdRjCn6Ti7b1l4Yy1f_bzD928kI.SWRUFd8yYISDq.GD56zIER.hoHBkXsaTCjTLjLgzgLkcGBTIPnd1OwqFw5IWi2ytI5_7DbxS4HZzftkNaTku07JKqPbdB7K3ZsfK_CqHffE6BYms10E4RKtB5jJJr1bupphohqfmRgekxwiECvibRdOcKR.0staudF.d8lS2eMycdw_DJhQkD5mJNMDVlOqTtY9jvf4srDhBlI- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (scorpio.seibercom.net [192.168.1.103]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: gesbbb@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3734D2282A for ; Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:59:50 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:59:49 -0400 From: Jerry To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20091014115949.33b1adb4@scorpio.seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <20091014153100.GH22136@ece.pdx.edu> References: <20091014153100.GH22136@ece.pdx.edu> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.2 (GTK+ 2.16.6; i386-portbld-freebsd7.2) Face: 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 X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Graphics card recommendation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:00:16 -0000 On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:31:00 -0700 freebsd@t41t.com freebsd@t41t.com (freebsd@t41t.com) replied: >I'm in need of a new graphics card for a new computer, that I hope will >run FreeBSD (with a strong preference for AMD64) and compiz-fusion on a >dual-monitor, which I believe means the 3D acceleration has to be in >good working order. I don't really care whether the graphics driver is >binary, or freely-licensed. > >Has anyone bought a recent graphics card that they know to be working >in x64 with 3D acceleration? > >I've heard Nvidea support is probably better than ATI. Some of the GPU >choices I see are like GeForce 9400/9500/9600 GT, GSO, and/or GTX+ >series or the GTS/GTX 2** series. Are some of those better-supported >than others? > >I didn't see anything recent on this list or the website, and there >wasn't much response on IRC. Recommendations would be appreciated. >Thanks! nVidia (AMD64) is not supported in 7.x versions of FreeBSD as far as I know. There was some talk of it being supported in 8.x, but I have not heard from anyone actually doing so. All my machines use nvidea cards, and the lack of support for it in FBSD, even after an extended period of time, is a real PIA. -- Jerry gesbbb@yahoo.com The bold youth of today is very lonely. Poul Henningsen [1894-1967]