Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 07:04:03 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Erich Dollansky <erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Tyler Campbell <tyler@tristatesafeandlock.com> Subject: Re: Building a computer for FreeBSD Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1208210625130.90211@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20120821121453.79db4755@AMD620.ovitrap.com> References: <074893D2-754C-4660-9E52-E8CC504E7FF1@tristatesafeandlock.com> <20120821121453.79db4755@AMD620.ovitrap.com>
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On Tue, 21 Aug 2012, Erich Dollansky wrote: > On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 22:43:35 -0400 > Tyler Campbell <tyler@tristatesafeandlock.com> wrote: > >> Is there a list of parts for building a personal computer or do you >> just read through the hardware list? > > if you use big names like Asus, nothing should go wrong. > > I would avoid Intel's integrated graphics. As the support for it is not > as advanced as for other graphic solutions, this could give you the > wrong impression. Huh? On FreeBSD, Intel video is the only one that supports KMS, the latest thing in xorg. Of course the Intel video is not the fastest, but that's due to the hardware. AMD/ATI Radeon HDs up to the 4000-series support acceleration with FreeBSD's version of xorg. 4650 and 4850 cards are suggested. The NVidia cards are also used by many, and reportedly their binary-only driver offers higher performance than other options.
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