Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:38:17 -0600 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Kip Macy <kip.macy@gmail.com>, Nikolas@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Sean Bryant <sean@cyberwang.net>, freebsdfree.linuxsir@alpha.blogger.com, Britton <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Don't buy AMD products (was Re: Xorg and ATI card query.) Message-ID: <45F824F9.2070708@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <45F8213B.6000000@math.missouri.edu> References: <b1fa29170703131446v6ea65dabr952b8b65e3cce605@mail.gmail.com> <200703132217.l2DMH0OD051784@ambrisko.com> <25810306.6391173834144834.JavaMail.blogger-tech@ehja28.prod.google.com> <45F81AE8.5000105@cyberwang.net> <45F8213B.6000000@math.missouri.edu>
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Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: > Sean Bryant wrote: > >> 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. > > > I had a PCI-X nvidia card PCI-X? Or PCI Express? PCI-X is not the same thing. Scott
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