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Date:      Fri, 13 Apr 2001 05:11:34 +1000
From:      Kal Torak <kaltorak@quake.com.au>
To:        Christian Chen <oistrakh@earthlink.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD-stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: nVidia Cards /w FreeBSD (3D Acceleration)
Message-ID:  <3AD5FDE6.3B2866A9@quake.com.au>
References:  <20010412000523.I86970-100000@pirastro.oistrakh.org>

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Christian Chen wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, Kal Torak wrote:
> > nVidia cards are really the ONLY choice to buy now... Not that Im complaining,
> 
> Maybe this is just *my* personal quirkiness, but does anyone else out there
> feel as though ATI's 2D performance is higher quality? And by higher quality,
> I don't mean _faster_, I mean _looks better_. When I replaced my nVidia
> card with an ATI Rage Fury Pro, and after that a Rage Fury Maxx, the text
> looked crisper, and images were sharper. Granted, these things are
> irrevelant to 3D gamers, but for all those sysadmins out there, it sure
> is nice having crisper console screens and xterms.
> 
> But maybe it's just me. Lots of people don't notice 60Hz scan rate
> flicker, but I do ...

Well personaly I found the GeForce to have much better 2D quality than
other cards, as you said things look crisper and sharper... But thats
just my experance... Maybe ATI cards work better with your system/monitor
or something?

I also notice 60Hz scan rate... 85Hz is the minimum I will accept :)

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