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Subject: Re: Nvidia has drivers for FreeBSD (but my xorg is already working)
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Andrew Pantyukhin wrote:
> On 11/8/06, Mark Jayson Alvarez <markjayson.alvarez@gmail.com> 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?
> 
> 3d

Another reason to use it is monitor calibration.  My GeForce worked fine
without the Nvidia driver.  However, for photo editing I wanted to
control brightness, contrast and gamma.  Running nvidia-settings seemed
to be the simplest and best way to accomplish that.
-- 
    Tore