Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 20:44:04 +0100 From: Gordon Bergling <gbergling@0xfce3.net> To: Sascha Klauder <sklauder@trimind.de> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Recommendation] graphicscard (agp) for FreeBSD Message-ID: <20051129194404.GA4027@node26.0xfce3.net> In-Reply-To: <20051129192653.GA35936@trimind.de> References: <20051129180656.GA3619@node26.0xfce3.net> <20051129192653.GA35936@trimind.de>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 * Thus spake Sascha Klauder (sklauder@trimind.de): > On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 07:06:56PM +0100, Gordon Bergling wrote: > > I am building a new workstation. Most hardware was just ordered, but I > > am still need a good supported graphicscard for FreeBSD. > > > > Can anyone recommend a graphicscard based on AGP, which should be > > support TV-Out. > > That heavily depends on what you want to do with it. If you > just do 2D, DVD-playback and the like, I would recommend a > Matrox G450 or G550 card. They feature superb image quality, > are completely supported (TV-output worked when I last used > one two years ago) and well documented, and even their OpenGL > performance is sufficient for at least xscreensaver. I have seen these cards on Ebay for 5 Euro. That whould be a nice price. ;) I doesn't want to play actually games, yet. I whould to use my computer to play video via the tv-out. Thats the main capacity that the card should support under FreeBSD. > If you need 3D/OpenGL performance, get an NVidia card. They > have native drivers (binary-only though), which are quite stable. > ATI Radeon cards are nice too, but I'd bad luck with DRI drivers > recently. I also have considered NVidida based card, but I am not sure whether the tv-out port (svideo) is working on FreeBSD. Okay, due to the binary drivers it should. best regards, Gordon - -- Gordon Bergling <GBergling at 0xfce3.net> http://www.0xFCE3.net/ PGP Fingerprint: 7732 9BB1 5013 AE8B E42C 28E0 93B9 D32B C76F 02A0 RIPE-HDL: MDTP-RIPE "Minimal Electronic Music" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDjK+Dk7nTK8dvAqARAjmRAKDAvW9/hgkDWpz21/qBiJ/ro7/UtACcDV5t chNGa5md8M0RTrat4VRcUTM= =iLzd -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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