Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 07:03:47 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com> Subject: Re: System lockups in X with nVidia GeForce 7600 GS (G73) and Gtk+ Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1108140648550.80799@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20110814063411.6ff8b776.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20110814032206.49ad7062.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAJ5UdcOnmo8HN3j1=5F9Pcj1X_VLFjwwD8Fc6N_kL4pwuB_omw@mail.gmail.com> <20110814060115.25636903.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAJ5UdcNULg0KHc9T3Y70MtPnWUNLSJHDL7MqjAbcBvO6Bzebtg@mail.gmail.com> <20110814063411.6ff8b776.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Sun, 14 Aug 2011, Polytropon wrote: > And just in case I have to replace it (PCIe required), what > brand of GPU should I buy instead? Again nVidia, or better > ATI, or Intel? It's a hard decision because I don't want > to get from one trouble into the next one... Radeon HD4650 has worked well for me for some time. The only problem I've seen is Firefox occasionally corrupts window borders. That might be Firefox or GTK or the radeon driver, but has been minor enough that I haven't pursued it. Some people report lockup problems with other versions of Radeon on the forums, cause unknown so far.
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