From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 25 19:36:18 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2449B16A4CF for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2004 19:36:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from opium.dyndns.org (h7n4c1o255.bredband.skanova.com [81.225.11.7]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72E2043D5E for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2004 19:36:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from busta@33rpm.biz) Received: from grass (breed [192.168.0.200]) by opium.dyndns.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E40961D6; Thu, 25 Nov 2004 20:36:16 +0100 (CET) From: alex bustamante To: Fredrik Eriksson In-Reply-To: <20041125194327.C5321@bigtower.net> References: <51611.192.168.0.200.1101398532.squirrel@192.168.0.200> <200411251706.22229.mark@markdnet.demon.co.uk> <1101405168.99948.43.camel@zircon.zircon.seattle.wa.us> <200411251807.47294.mark@markdnet.demon.co.uk> <20041125194327.C5321@bigtower.net> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: 33rpm Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 20:36:21 +0100 Message-Id: <1101411381.568.1.camel@grass.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.2 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: Mark Dixon cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: the best graphicscard for FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: busta@33rpm.biz List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 19:36:18 -0000 On Thu, 2004-11-25 at 19:43 +0100, Fredrik Eriksson wrote: > On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 06:07:36PM +0000, Mark Dixon wrote: > > On Thursday 25 Nov 2004 17:52, Joe Kelsey wrote: > > > > > > The NVIDIA drivers are completely crap! They do not work and contain > > > countless errors which will cause system failures on every single > > > machine I have tried to use them with. Do not ever buy or attempt to > > > use anything made by NVIDIA. They just do not work. > > > > Like I said, they work fine for me. > > Yes, but will you get the full power of the card? I think not. > I've had lots of problems with NVidia products and *BSD. > > > > I'm not going to get into a 'my graphics card is better than yours'. Its very > > boring and very offtopic. > > I don't think this is about which card is better than the other, more about > NVidia being reactionary bastards who refuse the idea of open source. > NVidia graphic cards are probably great for playing games in windos. > > > -- > Fredrik Eriksson How many manufactures release their drivers in open source? Does Matrox do it? -- alex bustamante - busta@33rpm.biz