Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 07:20:58 +0300 From: Yuri Pankov <yuri.pankov@gmail.com> To: Isaac Mushinsky <itz@mushinsky.net> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: amd64 platform newbie -- what video card for x11? Message-ID: <20080305042058.GA14297@mail.irbisnet.ru> In-Reply-To: <200803042252.13008.itz@mushinsky.net> References: <200803042252.13008.itz@mushinsky.net>
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On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 10:52:12PM -0500, Isaac Mushinsky wrote: > After using a FreeBSD/i386 for many years, I am getting new Intel x64 hardware > now (Core 2 Quad, Abit IP35-Pro, would like as much RAM as possible). I would > like to run amd64. > > Since nvidia drivers always worked for me, I ordered one of their later cards > (8500GT), only to find out now that nvidia drivers are not there for amd64. > > So my 2 questions are: > > 1) does the open nv driver work? I do not play games or really need 3D > acceleration, just want basic 2D and things like mplayer to work properly. xf86-video-nv works for me with 8600GT, but sad thing is that nv driver doesn't support XVideo extension on all 8xxx cards. Please check http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11586 for more details. > 2) should I return nvidia card and get something else? Is there a better > reasonably working card? > > Thanks. HTH, Yuri
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