From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 12 19:33:44 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 123DDC8F for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:33:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dieterbsd@engineer.com) Received: from mailout-us.gmx.com (mailout-us.gmx.com [74.208.5.67]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A58BF8FC0A for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:33:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 28170 invoked by uid 0); 12 Dec 2012 19:33:42 -0000 Received: from 67.206.185.32 by rms-us007 with HTTP Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:33:40 -0500 From: "Dieter BSD" Message-ID: <20121212193342.310740@gmx.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Seeking BSD friendly video card To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org,freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Authenticated: #74169980 X-Flags: 0001 X-Mailer: GMX.com Web Mailer x-registered: 0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-GMX-UID: Qbm6cAYY3zOlNR3dAHAh6nZ+IGRvb0CT X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:33:44 -0000 Seeking a video card that is completely documented and is fully supported (with source code) by the BSDs. A gpu-less framebuffer is fine. (No videogaming) PCIe At least 2560x1440 (for 27" displays) (analog can be lower resolution) 2560x1600 (30" displays) would be better 4096x2560 (4K displays) would be even better At least 24 bit color (more is better) Work as console for firmware and OS. Must work with X11. Bonus points for multiple heads (e.g. 2 digital + 1 analog) Bonus points for each type of port supported (dvi, hdmi, displayport, vga, s-video, ...) Bonus points for video decoder that is documented and fully supported by the BSDs. Minor bonus points for a small, energy efficient gpu that is documented and fully supported by the BSDs. Bonus points for not even needing a heatsink. Major minus points for power hungry monsters with "jet engine" fans and extra power cables, double-wide, ... Binary-only is unacceptable, must have source. (Can be BSDL, GPL, ...) Bonus points for supporting sync-on-green. Decent quality. Full height is ok, doesn't need to be low profile. Are there any other issues I should consider?