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Isaac MushinskyMar 5, 2008 4:10 am 
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Isaac MushinskyMar 5, 2008 5:32 am 
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Isaac MushinskyMar 5, 2008 9:18 am 
DieterMar 5, 2008 4:27 pm 
Subject:amd64 platform newbie -- what video card for x11?
From:Isaac Mushinsky (it@mushinsky.net)
Date:Mar 5, 2008 9:18:04 am
List:org.freebsd.freebsd-amd64

On 3/5/08, Peter Jeremy <pete@optushome.com.au> wrote:

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.

What current ATI cards have the best support?