Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 21:04:12 -0400 From: Jud <judmarc@fastmail.fm> To: Will Saxon <WillS@housing.ufl.edu>, ".VWV." <victorvittorivonwiktow@interfree.it>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATI 8500 or matrox 550? Message-ID: <oprrcnxa1m0cf2rk@fastmail.fm> In-Reply-To: <0E972CEE334BFE4291CD07E056C76ED8DB2EF4@bragi.housing.ufl.edu> References: <0E972CEE334BFE4291CD07E056C76ED8DB2EF4@bragi.housing.ufl.edu>
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On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 20:48:00 -0400, Will Saxon <WillS@housing.ufl.edu> wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: .VWV. [mailto:victorvittorivonwiktow@interfree.it] >> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 7:47 PM >> To: questions@freebsd.org >> Subject: ATI 8500 or matrox 550? >> >> >> >> Hi. >> >> Owing to the need of purchasing a supported video-card before it's too >> late >> for my 4.6.2, I would like to know if the X Window System driver can run >> fine or not the ATI 8500. I have noticed the driver is not listed in the >> 'sysinstall' tool. If I choose 'ati' using xf86config or editing >> /etc/X11/XF86Config, would the card work as well as a Matrox 550 one? >> > > You would actually want the radeon driver, not the ati one. > > http://www.xfree86.org/4.3.0/radeon.4.html > http://people.freebsd.org/~anholt/dri/index.html > > I've never personally used one, but it seems like it ought to work. > > -Will Should do 2D fine. The latest Radeon I recall seeing 3D acceleration for in X is the 7500, so the OP may have to wait a bit for 3D to happen. Jud
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