From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 22 03:11:52 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 636CF16A400; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:11:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout2.cac.washington.edu (mxout2.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FF1913C48A; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:11:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.33.7] (may be forged)) by mxout2.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.05) with ESMTP id l5M3BpNd030573 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:11:51 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.10.45] (c-24-10-12-194.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [24.10.12.194]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l5M3BouR015960 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:11:51 -0700 Message-ID: <467B3DF6.5080704@u.washington.edu> Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:11:50 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (Windows/20070604) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Marc G. Fournier" References: <3C7F787C8D3D4F70B80BBA44@ganymede.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <3C7F787C8D3D4F70B80BBA44@ganymede.hub.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.3.1.294258, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.1.298604, Antispam-Data: 2007.6.21.195133 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CP_MEDIA_BODY 0, __CP_URI_IN_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __FRAUD_419_BADTHINGS 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __LINES_OF_YELLING 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Low end video card that won't crash server ... ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:11:52 -0000 Marc G. Fournier wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > Unfortunately, it seems that the discussion on nvidia driver causing -current > to crash seems to have died off ... since I'm trying to work with a group on > getting wine actually working under -current, having X down right now is really > making things difficult, so I figure I'll go out and buy "yet another video > card", so that I can get some work done ... > > ATI vs nVidia? I used to think that nVidia was 'pro-OSS', but have recently > changed my mind on that based on, well, alot of things ... am I better off > going with an ATI video card instead, or are they about on teh same level as > far as being OSS friendly? And, if ATI, anything I should stay away from as > far as -current+xorg is concerned? > > - ---- > Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) > Email . scrappy@hub.org MSN . scrappy@hub.org > Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ . 7615664 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) > > iD8DBQFGezzp4QvfyHIvDvMRAlOnAKCXuo2bpACqsNlsReu6Z6nlEn3BlACg3efA > HkroJfFfIH7zuAMTYbbXxTI= > =tZfP > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Intel's still your best bet, with nVidia in second, and ATI in third. You aren't going to get proper 3D support unless you switch to Linux unfortunately :(.. -Garrett