From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 13 13:39:33 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34EC216A403 for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2007 13:39:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hugo@barafranca.com) Received: from mail.barafranca.com (mail.barafranca.com [67.19.101.164]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A2C913C457 for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2007 13:39:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hugo@barafranca.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.barafranca.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77F95C4F2E for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2007 14:03:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.barafranca.com ([67.19.101.164]) by localhost (mail.barafranca.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 00619-02 for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2007 14:02:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.0.1] (a213-22-26-111.cpe.netcabo.pt [213.22.26.111]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.barafranca.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADA3DC5779 for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2007 14:02:29 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <45F6A98A.9070706@barafranca.com> Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 13:39:22 +0000 From: Hugo Silva User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20061007) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <45F541F3.5040309@planet.nl> <20070312141910.GA27605@xs2.xs4all.nl> <45F56665.7060006@planet.nl> <45F56F10.1090401@netscape.net> <45F5AB1E.9030807@planet.nl> <45F5BAEF.5050506@netscape.net> <45F5C0B0.3030406@planet.nl> <9948.82.93.23.199.1173756547.squirrel@webmail.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <9948.82.93.23.199.1173756547.squirrel@webmail.xs4all.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at barafranca.com X-Spam-Status: No, score=0 tagged_above=-1 required=4 tests=[none] X-Spam-Score: 0 X-Spam-Level: Subject: Re: No matter what I try I can't get Nvidia 3d acceleration to work. Please help! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 13:39:33 -0000 In my experience, games on FreeBSD are always slow, my hardware isn't very > fast (900MHz, 384MB RAM,Geforce FX5200) but on windows 2000 I'm able to > play even fairly recent games (Such as the punisher, civ4). > > On FreeBSD, anything with more graphics than rogue will be anything from > slow to unplayable, even though FreeBSD outperforms windows in almost > every other way... > > Conclusion: > Use windows for games, FreeBSD for serious stuff ... > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I have to disagree. Been playing Return to Castle Wolfenstein[: Enemy Territory] and NeverWinter Nights 1 for years - I surely wouldn't say they're "anything from slow to unplayable": NWN runs fine at max resolution, and I have constant 142FPS (they're capped @ 142) on ET, at 1280x1024. Hugo