From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 19 21:48:57 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D551916A41F for ; Mon, 19 Sep 2005 21:48:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout5.cac.washington.edu (mxout5.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.135]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5838343D45 for ; Mon, 19 Sep 2005 21:48:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.139]) by mxout5.cac.washington.edu (8.13.4+UW05.04/8.13.4+UW05.07) with ESMTP id j8JLmunH015135 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Mon, 19 Sep 2005 14:48:56 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [128.208.4.96] (dzihan.cs.washington.edu [128.208.4.96]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.4+UW05.04/8.13.4+UW05.07) with ESMTP id j8JLmoqT028399 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Mon, 19 Sep 2005 14:48:56 -0700 Message-ID: <432F3242.4010508@u.washington.edu> Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 14:48:50 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6-1.1.1.1vy+fc4a (X11/20050728) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200509191556.44034.kirk@strauser.com> In-Reply-To: <200509191556.44034.kirk@strauser.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Subject: Re: Recommended AGP Nvidia card? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 21:48:57 -0000 Kirk Strauser wrote: >I use an aging MX 400 in my desktop machine (FreeBSD 6.0something) and >really, *really* want to upgrade to something that supports the RenderAccel >option. This machine has become glacially slow since some >as-yet-undetermined upgrade broken that functionality, but I'd ideally like >to be able to use X.org's Composite extension as well so simple downgrading >probably won't help. > >Any suggestions for a cheap, well-supported card? > 5600/5800's aren't bad. In fact I might get one to replace my old Ti 4200 sometime in the near future. But if you want to get the 6200 or somewhere around the 6000 series, they are quite a bit better I've heard since they aren't overclocked 4000 series cards =). -Garrett