Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 01:10:22 +0000 From: Jason Henson <jason@ec.rr.com> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: searching for a new graphic card Message-ID: <1109207422l.96501l.0l@BARTON> In-Reply-To: <20050222170539.4d158942.lehmann@ans-netz.de> (from lehmann@ans-netz.de on Tue Feb 22 11:05:39 2005) References: <20050222153817.5c2d7e52.lehmann@ans-netz.de> <56002.207.219.213.162.1109083441.squirrel@207.219.213.162> <20050222155318.0aba9a54.lehmann@ans-netz.de> <20050222170539.4d158942.lehmann@ans-netz.de>
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On 02/22/05 11:05:39, Oliver Lehmann wrote: > Oliver Lehmann wrote: >=20 > > Mike Jakubik wrote: > > > > > Why doe sit have to me PCIe? What possible advatange is PCIe =20 > going > to give > > > you to a 2d card? > > > > ok, what else? Since I want to buy a new board, I wanted to swithc > over > > to PCIe since it is the "future" and my average system lifetime is =20 > 5 > > years. I could buy a normal PCI Card but what do I have the PCIe > slots > > then for? >=20 > I think Asus Extreme AX300SE-X/TD is what i'm searching for... and by > the > way extremly lowcost. VGA+DVI, passive cooling and PCIe - any > drawbacks in > use with FreeBSD/xorg? > SE denotes a low performance chip. If part of the core does not work =20 they can turn it off and sell it as a SE. Besides low performance ATI =20 has said in an interview at rage3d.com they will not support FreeBSD, =20 just linux. So you will only get driver support from xorg when they =20 get to it. I think 2d will work no problem? I know the nvidia cards =20 have good support on FreeBSD from nvidia. So at newegg there is a =20 nvidia card for the same price as the same ati chipset you have on the =20 asus card. The lowest priced asus card at new egg was $80, this nvidia =20 is $61. I perfer to shop at newegg for there good customer service and =20 the card you picked is not sold there. Even if you don't go nvidia I =20 would still recommend newegg first to anyone. The card: http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=3DN82E16814150088
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