Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 17:20:07 +0100 From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: "Louis Munro" <louismunro@altern.org> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Choosing a video card - Nvidia or ATI Message-ID: <xzpsmimqwy0.fsf@dwp.des.no> In-Reply-To: <000801c3d85b$3725e600$0300a8c0@gonzoboreas> (Louis Munro's message of "Sun, 11 Jan 2004 10:54:35 -0500") References: <000801c3d85b$3725e600$0300a8c0@gonzoboreas>
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"Louis Munro" <louismunro@altern.org> writes: > I had tought that the ATI chipset was unsupported (at least until > the release of Xfree86 4.4) until I read of someone using a Radeon > 9600 on this list. AFAIK, hardware acceleration is not supported on Radeon 9500 and newer. Lower-numbered 9x00 models are apparently stripped-down 8500 derivatives, so stick with the 8500. I have a couple of 7500s myself and am very happy with them. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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