From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 14 17:16:18 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2356216A505; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:16:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [83.120.8.8]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7676913C45D; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:16:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (ylqnun@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id l2EHFWYB011393; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 18:15:37 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.4/8.13.1/Submit) id l2EHFW7s011392; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 18:15:32 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from olli) Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 18:15:32 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <200703141715.l2EHFW7s011392@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, jhary@unsane.co.uk, Sean Bryant , freebsdfree.linuxsir@alpha.blogger.com, Kip Macy , Nikolas@FreeBSD.ORG, Britton , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <45F824FD.5030502@unsane.co.uk> X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-stable User-Agent: tin/1.8.2-20060425 ("Shillay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/4.11-STABLE (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 14 Mar 2007 18:15:38 +0100 (CET) Cc: Subject: Re: Don't buy AMD products (was Re: Xorg and ATI card query.) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, jhary@unsane.co.uk, Sean Bryant , freebsdfree.linuxsir@alpha.blogger.com, Kip Macy , Nikolas@FreeBSD.ORG, Britton , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:16:18 -0000 Vince wrote: > Sean Bryant wrote: > > Andrew Reilly wrote: > > > 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. > > > > I never thought I'd actually recommend it but.... > The Intel 82945GM controller in my laptop has semi ok 3d acceleration. > I'm running the experimental xorg 7.2.r3 server with beryl and its > running quite nicely. output of glinfo below if anyones interested. > > The performance doesnt compare to the nvidia drivers on my desktop at > home but it does its job, wouldnt want to game on it though. Depends on the game. I'm also quite satisfied with the intel i915/i945 graphics. If I had to buy a new laptop right now, that would be my preference. The 3D acceleration is fast enough to play OpenGL games such as ports/games/crack-attack smoothly at full-screen resolution. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd One Unix to rule them all, One Resolver to find them, One IP to bring them all and in the zone to bind them.