Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 01:10:22 +0000 From: Jason Henson <jason@ec.rr.com> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: searching for a new graphic card Message-ID: <1109207422l.96501l.0l@BARTON> In-Reply-To: <20050222170539.4d158942.lehmann@ans-netz.de> (from lehmann@ans-netz.de on Tue Feb 22 11:05:39 2005) References: <20050222153817.5c2d7e52.lehmann@ans-netz.de> <56002.207.219.213.162.1109083441.squirrel@207.219.213.162> <20050222155318.0aba9a54.lehmann@ans-netz.de> <20050222170539.4d158942.lehmann@ans-netz.de>
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On 02/22/05 11:05:39, Oliver Lehmann wrote: > Oliver Lehmann wrote: > > > Mike Jakubik wrote: > > > > > Why doe sit have to me PCIe? What possible advatange is PCIe > going > to give > > > you to a 2d card? > > > > ok, what else? Since I want to buy a new board, I wanted to swithc > over > > to PCIe since it is the "future" and my average system lifetime is > 5 > > years. I could buy a normal PCI Card but what do I have the PCIe > slots > > then for? > > I think Asus Extreme AX300SE-X/TD is what i'm searching for... and by > the > way extremly lowcost. VGA+DVI, passive cooling and PCIe - any > drawbacks in > use with FreeBSD/xorg? > SE denotes a low performance chip. If part of the core does not work they can turn it off and sell it as a SE. Besides low performance ATI has said in an interview at rage3d.com they will not support FreeBSD, just linux. So you will only get driver support from xorg when they get to it. I think 2d will work no problem? I know the nvidia cards have good support on FreeBSD from nvidia. So at newegg there is a nvidia card for the same price as the same ati chipset you have on the asus card. The lowest priced asus card at new egg was $80, this nvidia is $61. I perfer to shop at newegg for there good customer service and the card you picked is not sold there. Even if you don't go nvidia I would still recommend newegg first to anyone. The card: http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150088
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