From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 26 11:10:27 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 BD3D416A4CE for ; Fri, 26 Nov 2004 11:10:27 +0000 (GMT) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [83.120.8.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 064FD43D2F for ; Fri, 26 Nov 2004 11:10:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (liforg@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id iAQBANqA066420; Fri, 26 Nov 2004 12:10:23 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id iAQBANfd066419; Fri, 26 Nov 2004 12:10:23 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from olli) Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 12:10:23 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <200411261110.iAQBANfd066419@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, busta@33rpm.biz In-Reply-To: <51611.192.168.0.200.1101398532.squirrel@192.168.0.200> X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-stable User-Agent: tin/1.5.4-20000523 ("1959") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/4.10-RELEASE (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: the best graphicscard for FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, 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: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 11:10:27 -0000 alex bustamante wrote: > Is there any graphicscard that is known to work better than others with > freebsd/x11? (open sourcecode for the drivers, etc) Here are my two (Euro) cents ... If you don't want to play the latest 3D ego shooter games, get a Matrox MGA G400 (or even G200) from eBay. They are cheap, work very well for 2D stuff (even support OpenGL for those cool 3D screen savers). Also, the analog VGA output of Matrox cards has legendary quality which matches that of the digital DVI output of other cards (you get an excellent, sharp picture). And last but not least, the XFree86/Xorg drivers are rock-stable. I'm using Matrox MGA cards for many years, starting with the Matrox Millenium. Unfortunately, Matrox has gotten stingy of drivers and specs lately, so I'd advise against buying their newer cards (Parhelia). Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co KG, Oettingenstr. 2, 80538 München Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. "When your hammer is C++, everything begins to look like a thumb." -- Steve Haflich, in comp.lang.c++