Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 18:46:12 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> To: Isaac Mushinsky <itz@mushinsky.net> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: amd64 platform newbie -- what video card for x11? Message-ID: <20080305074612.GN68971@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <200803042252.13008.itz@mushinsky.net> References: <200803042252.13008.itz@mushinsky.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 10:52:12PM -0500, Isaac Mushinsky wrote: >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. For basic purposes and mplayer, nv should do. It might just soak up more CPU than a better driver would. >2) should I return nvidia card and get something else? Is there a better >reasonably working card? I'll second the ATI suggestion. Note that whilst AMD have indicated they will open-source the ATI GPU specs, I believe they have only released specs for a single GPU so far and it will take some time for the open specs to reach the X.org drivers. -- Peter Jeremy Please excuse any delays as the result of my ISP's inability to implement an MTA that is either RFC2821-compliant or matches their claimed behaviour. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHzk/E/opHv/APuIcRAvH4AJ9bDvvu3uEpWNX5UztDZgD8vOO5yQCfeSK5 u8u7UMpqWT6BvK/6MpgiAF0= =D/9n -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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