From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 5 09:18:24 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A219D106566B for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 09:18:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from itz@mushinsky.net) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.186]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BB3C8FC36 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 09:18:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from itz@mushinsky.net) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id b2so1028364nfb.33 for ; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:18:23 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.201.10 with SMTP id y10mr5706598huf.4.1204707177139; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:52:57 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.139.1 with HTTP; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 00:52:57 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 03:52:57 -0500 From: "Isaac Mushinsky" To: "Peter Jeremy" In-Reply-To: <20080305074612.GN68971@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200803042252.13008.itz@mushinsky.net> <20080305074612.GN68971@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: amd64 platform newbie -- what video card for x11? X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:18:24 -0000 On 3/5/08, Peter Jeremy wrote: > On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 10:52:12PM -0500, Isaac Mushinsky wrote: > >1) does the open nv driver work? I do not play games or really need 3D > >acceleration, just want basic 2D and things like mplayer to work properly. > > For basic purposes and mplayer, nv should do. It might just soak up > more CPU than a better driver would. > > >2) should I return nvidia card and get something else? Is there a better > >reasonably working card? > > I'll second the ATI suggestion. Note that whilst AMD have indicated > they will open-source the ATI GPU specs, I believe they have only > released specs for a single GPU so far and it will take some time for > the open specs to reach the X.org drivers. > > -- > Peter Jeremy > Please excuse any delays as the result of my ISP's inability to implement > an MTA that is either RFC2821-compliant or matches their claimed behaviour. > What current ATI cards have the best support?