Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 14:10:54 +0100 From: RW <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommended AGP Nvidia card? Message-ID: <200509221410.55058.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> In-Reply-To: <43325622.5090504@ec.rr.com> References: <200509191556.44034.kirk@strauser.com> <43325622.5090504@ec.rr.com>
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On Thursday 22 September 2005 07:58, jason wrote: > Kirk Strauser wrote: > >I use an aging MX 400 in my desktop machine (FreeBSD 6.0something) and > >really, *really* want to upgrade to something that supports the > > RenderAccel option. This machine has become glacially slow since some > >as-yet-undetermined upgrade broken that functionality, but I'd ideally > > like to be able to use X.org's Composite extension as well so simple > > downgrading probably won't help. > > > >Any suggestions for a cheap, well-supported card? > > Have you checked the docs for the nvidia drivers? All geforce series > should have full, or near full, hardware acceleration since nvidia > releases there own closed source drivers. Xorg doesn't even start on my GeForce FX 5700LE with the composite extension.
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