Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2004 02:02:13 +0100 From: Matthias Buelow <mkb@mukappabeta.de> To: Godwin Stewart <gstewart@bonivet.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: the best graphicscard for FreeBSD Message-ID: <41B10C95.2040307@mukappabeta.de> In-Reply-To: <20041203193450.037d5e7a.gstewart@bonivet.net> References: <51611.192.168.0.200.1101398532.squirrel@192.168.0.200> <87zn15zoqo.fsf@basilikum.skogtun.org> <41A63A78.2030506@mukappabeta.de> <41A9CC27.3030408@saunalahti.fi> <41AA70E3.2000108@mukappabeta.de> <41B0AFCC.1060501@mitre.org> <20041203193450.037d5e7a.gstewart@bonivet.net>
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Godwin Stewart wrote:
> I'd add that Matrox cards are excellent in the 2D arena. I still have an old
> G200 here and It beats the socks off the ATI Rage128 I also have as far as
> clarity and general piqué are concerned.
>
> Obviously, the Rage128 does better than the G200 in the 3D department,
> although not in FreeBSD for some reason I have yet to fathom out. In Linux
> it works fine.
If one can get them for free (they seem to become available in larger
numbers these days, when machines from around 1999/2000 get scrapped),
then Matrox cards (up to g500) are still quite decent for "office" work.
However, I have seen that new ones are still sold for up to 100 EUR,
which is just outrageous, imho. Considering that you can get a R9200
for half the price, which not only sports facilities like DVI and TV-Out
but also supports 8x AGP, has 4-8x the memory and runs circles around
the MGA, and image quality is roughly comparable, imho.
--
Matthias Buelow; mkb@{mukappabeta,informatik.uni-wuerzburg}.de
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