Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 09:19:24 -0500 From: Will Andrews <will@csociety.org> To: Dimitry Andric <dimitry@andric.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nVidia FX Support? Message-ID: <20040505141924.GF34693@sirius.firepipe.net> In-Reply-To: <115944527.20040505112857@andric.com> References: <40982623.2090804@bellsouth.net> <200405051042.32879.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20040505102632.73f67bbe.manlix@demonized.net> <115944527.20040505112857@andric.com>
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--mNe6SYwlAlLDuqTf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 11:28:57AM +0200, Dimitry Andric wrote: > The problem is that NVidia hasn't updated its binary-only FreeBSD > driver since July 1st, 2003. Any cards released after this date will > not work properly, or at all, with this driver. So please go bug > NVidia. :) >=20 > But, see also this thread: > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-threads/2003-June/000530.html >=20 > which might explain why it takes forever for new drivers to arrive. :( Well, the FX 5900 Ultra was released on June 28, 2003. You'd think that card would be fast enough for most any FreeBSD user for a while... unless you actually want a 6800 Ultra? :) Although, the 5950 and 5700 were released in October. I don't think that's a big gap, though. I've seen at least one user quite happy with his 5900 Ultra. Regards, --=20 wca --mNe6SYwlAlLDuqTf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAmPfsF47idPgWcsURAg7LAJ46v+53DLoQo/BMBX8a7Dlx3/eaxgCfYyLR 0mQyFjS5gQR0ghv5u0Wgats= =mLB2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --mNe6SYwlAlLDuqTf--
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