Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 15:34:32 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: In search of a video card Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905141534010.61732@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905141509530.61732@wonkity.com> References: <20090514030634.GA1252@mooseriver.com> <20090514185826.GA45111@keira.kiwi-computer.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905141509530.61732@wonkity.com>
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On Thu, 14 May 2009, Rick C. Petty wrote: > > I just bought an nVidia and an ATI on newegg for under $30 each (plus > mail-in rebates), buth PCI x16, DVI+VGA, 512MB. I have tried them both on > amd64 and this is what I've discovered: > > - The ATI is quite fast for xvideo (via mplayer) and somewhat fast on 3D, > there seems to be some cursor-related artifacts (I've tried a number of > cards with the same results). If you mean flickering lines around the cursor in certain screen columns, try a software cursor. The downside of that is that X coredumps when you switch back to it from vty: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21275 -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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