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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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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=20
>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=
=20
>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.

--=20
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.

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