From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 13 23:36:43 2006 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 9497516A587 for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 23:36:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dwiest@vailsys.com) Received: from cprobd02.vailsys.com (cprobd02.vailsys.com [63.210.102.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6123543D6A for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 23:36:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dwiest@vailsys.com) Received: from dfsfbd06.vail (dfsfbd06.vail [192.168.129.190]) by cprobd02.vailsys.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D23ECE529 for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 17:36:37 -0600 (CST) Received: from dfwdamian.vail (dfwdamian.vail [192.168.129.233]) by dfsfbd06.vail (Postfix) with ESMTP id 197F5323E8A for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 17:36:37 -0600 (CST) Received: from dfwdamian.vail (dwiest@localhost.vail [127.0.0.1]) by dfwdamian.vail (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id kADNaaBU005883 for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 17:36:36 -0600 (CST) Received: (from dwiest@localhost) by dfwdamian.vail (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id kADNaaoM024886 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 17:36:36 -0600 (CST) X-Authentication-Warning: dfwdamian.vail: dwiest set sender to dwiest@vailsys.com using -f Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 17:36:36 -0600 From: Damian Wiest To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20061113233636.GQ25030@dfwdamian.vail> References: <20061111010809.GF25030@dfwdamian.vail> <20061111072853.GA914@lothlorien.nagual.nl> <45576E7C.6030502@computer.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <45576E7C.6030502@computer.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Subject: Re: [MAYBE SPAM] Re: Nvidia has drivers for FreeBSD (but my xorg is already working) 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, 13 Nov 2006 23:36:43 -0000 On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 12:57:00PM -0600, Eric Schuele wrote: > On 11/11/2006 01:28, dick hoogendijk wrote: > >On 10 Nov Damian Wiest wrote: > >>On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 12:56:39PM +0300, Andrew Pantyukhin wrote: > >>>On 11/8/06, Mark Jayson Alvarez wrote: > >>>>Hi, > >>>> > >>>>I have a Palit GeForce 6500 PCI-E 256Mb/64bit and I'm running x > >>>>windows. What do I need that NVidia FreeBSD driver for? > > > >>Until NVidia decides to provide proper documentation for their cards, > >>I'd avoid them and go with an ATI product. > > > >Hmm, Nvidia cards generaly work much better on FreeBSD as well as solaris > >then ATI cards. I would never buy a card on its documentation quality. > > > > I believe DW was referring to the engineering "documentation" of the > underlying hardware, so that a proper open source driver could be > developed. Not the "Users Guide". > > Without proper docs, an open source drive can not be developed. Hence > everyone is forced to use whatever NVidia decides is worth developing. > > -- > Regards, > Eric Indeed I was. While I try to research my potential hardware purchases as much as possible, I sometimes make mistakes and get stuck with something that does work, but not to its full capability. Most recently this has included an Asus K8N-E motherboard (NVidia chipset) and a GeForce video card (I don't recall the exact model ATM). NVidia did release a binary driver for my card, but not for AMD64 processors. >From what I understand, AMD and ATI have been more open with their hardware documentation than Intel and NVidia. -Damian