From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 4 01:02:06 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DCDD16A4CE for ; Sat, 4 Dec 2004 01:02:06 +0000 (GMT) Received: from moghedien.mukappabeta.net (moghedien.mukappabeta.net [194.145.150.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CE9143D41 for ; Sat, 4 Dec 2004 01:02:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mkb@mukappabeta.de) Received: from [192.168.2.10] (pD9E690E1.dip.t-dialin.net [217.230.144.225]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by moghedien.mukappabeta.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FA3B2DA5; Sat, 4 Dec 2004 01:57:25 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <41B10C95.2040307@mukappabeta.de> Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2004 02:02:13 +0100 From: Matthias Buelow User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.9 (X11/20041124) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Godwin Stewart 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> In-Reply-To: <20041203193450.037d5e7a.gstewart@bonivet.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: the best graphicscard for FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2004 01:02:06 -0000 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