From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 14 09:40:21 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 304EE16A401 for ; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 09:40:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fullermd@over-yonder.net) Received: from optimus.centralmiss.com (ns.centralmiss.com [206.156.254.79]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECDD613C487 for ; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 09:40:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fullermd@over-yonder.net) Received: from draco.over-yonder.net (adsl-072-148-013-213.sip.jan.bellsouth.net [72.148.13.213]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by optimus.centralmiss.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 032A12873E; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 04:40:19 -0500 (CDT) Received: by draco.over-yonder.net (Postfix, from userid 100) id 847D761C42; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 04:40:19 -0500 (CDT) Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 04:40:19 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Andrew Reilly Message-ID: <20070314094019.GK56342@over-yonder.net> References: <200703132217.l2DMH0OD051784@ambrisko.com> <20070314104312.57354947@duncan.reilly.home> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070314104312.57354947@duncan.reilly.home> X-Editor: vi X-OS: FreeBSD User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14-fullermd.3 (2007-02-12) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Don't buy AMD products (was Re: Xorg and ATI card query.) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 09:40:21 -0000 On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 10:43:12AM +1100 I heard the voice of Andrew Reilly, and lo! it spake thus: > > Matrox used to have a reputation for goodness (I used to have a G400 > or the like), but it's been a long time... I'm sitting on a G450 here. Works great. I've never heard anything bad about the 550 either, and it's a bit more capable. But then, the 550 is also like 6 years old now (and still >$100 new, and uncommon used), and none of the newer Matrox cards have info released either. Your choices for a late-model graphics card with released information for an open driver are limited to... ahh... well... no, not that one either... uh... -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Systems/Network Administrator | http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/ On the Internet, nobody can hear you scream.