Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 22:24:42 -0500 From: Jud <judmarc@fastmail.fm> To: "Dan Strick" <strick@covad.net>, b_cassidy@bellsouth.net Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New parts for new PC (need help - little knowledge of hardware) Message-ID: <opryu7rgmv0cf2rk@mail.messagingengine.com> In-Reply-To: <200311190158.hAJ1wNOi000727@mist.nodomain> References: <200311190158.hAJ1wNOi000727@mist.nodomain>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 17:58:23 -0800 (PST), Dan Strick <strick@covad.net> wrote: [snip] > My video card choice was a compromise. I wanted something new enough to > have hardware support for recent DirectX features, old enough to be well > supported by XFree86 and cheap enough to be justifiable. The Radeon > 9500/9700 families of cards are the newest for which XFree86 claims > substantial support and yet are long out of production and the ATi web > site even categorizes the 9500 as "discontinued". The 9000/9500/9700 > seem to have been replaced with the 9200/9600/9800. The need for > reliable > XFree86 support trumped other considerations because I spend virtually > all > of my time running XFree86 on FreeBSD and very little time running > feature hungry whizbang graphics applications. AFAIK XFree86 doesn't have 3D hardware acceleration support for the ATI Radeon 9K cards. I have a 9500 (modded to 9700 specs with Riva Tuner) myself and don't miss the 3D support, but that's because I play games only occasionally and use Windows for them. Jud
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?opryu7rgmv0cf2rk>