Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 08:44:08 +0100 From: Hans Nieser <h.nieser@xs4all.nl> To: Micah <micahjon@ywave.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Card for basic 3D acceleration in FreeBSD Message-ID: <4407F3C8.9030602@xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <4407867C.8030807@ywave.com> References: <4407867C.8030807@ywave.com>
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Micah wrote: > > I'm looking for a card to handle some simple OpenGL stuff for a class > I'm taking. I have an ATI X300 card, but 3D acceleration is not > supported on it in the current Xorg. The only slots on my Mobo are PCI > and PCI-EX. I use the i386 release of FreeBSD currently, but would like > to have the option to move to the amd64 release. Any suggestions on a > low-end (read cheap) card? I know "nvidia" is often recommended, but > any particular model? > I myself ran into an issue with FreeBSD and nvidia where my PCI-Express Geforce 6800GT only gave a fraction of the performance that I should have been able to get. After asking about it on the nvidia forums at nvnews.net I was told that there is an issue between the nvidia driver and FreeBSD kernel that affect non-native PCI-Express cards, it was being worked on but for now I am still suffering from it. More info: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=59981
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