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Subject: Nvidia (Re: FreeBSD 7.0: which distribution)
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=?windows-1250?Q?Ott_K=F6stner?= writes:

>  I am one ot these folks, using 32-bit FreeBSD on my desktop, just 
>  because of Nvidia drivers.
>  
>  Wanted to ask, maybe somebody here knows, is there any hope to
>  expect 64 bit Nvidia drivers in some reasonable future? What is
>  the problem with Nvidia? Why they do not provide 64 bit drivers?

	For the same reason they don't provide up-to-date i386
drivers.  This is a recurring thread; please search the mailing list
archives.  (Hint: try "Zander nvidia" as a search term.) 


				Robert Huff