From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 26 08:43:44 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 DC0E616A4CE for ; Fri, 26 Nov 2004 08:43:44 +0000 (GMT) Received: from natsmtp00.rzone.de (natsmtp00.rzone.de [81.169.145.165]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 334E543D2F for ; Fri, 26 Nov 2004 08:43:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from uwe@laverenz.de) Received: from athena.laverenz.de (pD95500A7.dip.t-dialin.net [217.85.0.167]) by post.webmailer.de (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id iAQ8hgC0028351 for ; Fri, 26 Nov 2004 09:43:42 +0100 (MET) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by athena.laverenz.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AF27E06C0B3 for ; Fri, 26 Nov 2004 09:43:41 +0100 (CET) Received: from athena.laverenz.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (athena [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 04723-02 for ; Fri, 26 Nov 2004 09:43:40 +0100 (CET) Received: from jungle.laverenz.de (jungle.laverenz.de [192.168.100.8]) by athena.laverenz.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 841E4E06C0B2 for ; Fri, 26 Nov 2004 09:43:40 +0100 (CET) Received: by jungle.laverenz.de (Postfix, from userid 2000) id 37E13800B3E2; Fri, 26 Nov 2004 09:43:38 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 09:43:38 +0100 From: Uwe Laverenz To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20041126084338.GB4179@laverenz.de> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <51611.192.168.0.200.1101398532.squirrel@192.168.0.200> <20041125160532.GA9813@kierun.org> <52085.192.168.0.200.1101399213.squirrel@192.168.0.200> <200411251706.22229.mark@markdnet.demon.co.uk> <1101405168.99948.43.camel@zircon.zircon.seattle.wa.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1101405168.99948.43.camel@zircon.zircon.seattle.wa.us> Organization: private site Sender: uwe@laverenz.de User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040722i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at laverenz.de Subject: Re: the best graphicscard for FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 08:43:45 -0000 On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 09:52:48AM -0800, Joe Kelsey wrote: > I always tell anyone who asks to run very fast and very far away from > anything with NVIDIA in it. IMHO NVidia is the only option if you want decent 3D acceleration on FreeBSD or Linux desktops. Other manufacturers don't even care for FreeBSD and ATI's drivers are crap on any platform (including Windows). > 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 Sorry, must be something on your side, I never experienced such problems with NVidia cards/drivers. > Use Matrox cards. I love my G400max and still use it but: for their (slow+expensive) Parhelias there is absolutely no support from Matrox, no drivers or specs that would make them work with FreeBSD or other systems besides RH 7.3-9.0. The only trouble-free cards are G400 or G550 if you don't need 3D power. Sorry, nowadays Matrox is not an option for FreeBSD- or Linux-Users. cu, Uwe