Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 21:37:17 -0800 From: Vayu <vayua@sklinks.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Micah <micahjon@ywave.com> Subject: Re: Card for basic 3D acceleration in FreeBSD Message-ID: <200603022137.17306.vayua@sklinks.com> In-Reply-To: <4407867C.8030807@ywave.com> References: <4407867C.8030807@ywave.com>
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On Thursday 02 March 2006 15:57, Micah wrote: > I'm looking for a card to handle some simple OpenGL stuff for a class > I'm taking. I have an ATI X300 card, but 3D acceleration is not > supported on it in the current Xorg. The only slots on my Mobo are PCI > and PCI-EX. I use the i386 release of FreeBSD currently, but would like > to have the option to move to the amd64 release. Any suggestions on a > low-end (read cheap) card? I know "nvidia" is often recommended, but > any particular model? > > Thanks, > Micah > _______________________________________________ I use the fglrx driver on my laptop in Linux with an ATI x300 mobility. It does hardware OpenGL just fine. I noticed this thread where that driver has been ported to FreeBSD. Maybe you could try that. http://www.bsdforums.org/forums/showthread.php?threadid=37837 I have two FreeBSD desktop machines that have 3D support through nVidia. I downloaded their latest driver for FreeBSD from their website (I think 8178) and it compiled on both my machines perfectly. One has the 6600 and another has a 6600GT. Both are excellent price/performance. I have a lower end 6200 which is also great and pretty inexpensive. I haven't used it on FreeBSD but it uses the same driver, so it should work just fine.
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