Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:48:02 -0500 From: Pierre-Luc Drouin <pldrouin@pldrouin.net> To: Uwe Laverenz <uwe@laverenz.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How painful is the nv driver supposed to be? Message-ID: <4B06D652.6000200@pldrouin.net> In-Reply-To: <4B062D08.8090500@laverenz.de> References: <4B0628F3.7000101@pldrouin.net> <4B062D08.8090500@laverenz.de>
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Awesome! I have been waiting for years for this driver, so a few more months won't make a difference. This was the major factor preventing me from fully enjoy FreeBSD for workstation usage. Uwe Laverenz wrote: > Pierre-Luc Drouin schrieb: > >> an i7 overclocked at 4GHz) configured in 1920x1080. With that setup >> it takes about 2 seconds to maximize a window or to switch workspace >> in fluxbox. Is there a way to improve speed or this is all I can hope >> to get? > > NVidia will release an official driver for FreeBSD/amd64 in the near > future: > > http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=41545&page=37 > > If you can't wait, and I guess that's the case, you culd try the free > nv alternative named "nouveau". > > Uwe > _______________________________________________ > 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"
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