From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 28 13:06:38 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF61D1065676 for ; Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:06:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tevans.uk@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF9858FC0C for ; Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:06:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vbbfr13 with SMTP id fr13so1167185vbb.13 for ; Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:06:38 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=TqvB6bgoKYESpo5TK0lW61RC6Dxo6/o6F1Qmi9JoJtw=; b=bHLDRIHblvQtpAO/17OA6tc9awd0G6i1I8wARbWfeINdzMxz5EOrQZty0xNi9o7L4i 5geR/ZzoQ27flipY9Yl20mem1iZaj2yfRuYCIWUoFMRBLnBn/xvxetDt35j7tV7BJvOc du/bpMxTpKsZ0sQ8p+pxEgctJhIXsTksqpqfc= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.117.65 with SMTP id kc1mr43038777vdb.66.1322483749380; Mon, 28 Nov 2011 04:35:49 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.52.28.84 with HTTP; Mon, 28 Nov 2011 04:35:49 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <20111128092008.GA58668@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:35:49 +0000 Message-ID: From: Tom Evans To: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, Luigi Rizzo Subject: Re: suggested xorg-compatible video HW for FreeBSD/amd64 ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:06:39 -0000 On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 10:54 AM, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: > After reading many mails , and some documents , I have decided to buy the > following > hardware > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XFX > http://xfxforce.com/en-us/Products/Graphics-Cards/ATI/ATI-Radeon-HD-4000-= Series/ATI-Radeon-HD-4670.aspx > > > http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/motherboards/desktop-motherboards/= desktop-board-dp67de.html > > to perform the following tasks : > > - To attach two monitors to the video card . > - To modify / improve FreeBSD / Xorg sources to divert ( serial console , > stdout , stderr ) outputs to one of the monitors =C2=A0, and the rest int= o the > other monitor . > > > Reasons to select the hardware : > > > - I think Intel boards are more reliable , more suitable for Unix from th= e > other brands within > very limited budget , > > - ATI Radeon has more information sources than Nvidia with respect to ope= n > source software . There is no any documentation about Nvidia chipsets ( o= r > I could NOT find ) . > So, I would always recommend nvidia, using the closed source binary drivers from nvidia. I've used these drivers with all sorts of nvidia cards, and everything - 2D acceleration, OpenGL, multiple monitors, video decode acceleration - has always worked perfectly. nvidia actually develop the driver, and there are frequent releases. New cards are supported as soon as they are released. Here is a list of supported devices from the latest driver release: http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/FreeBSD-x86_64/290.10/README/supporte= dchips.html Cheers Tom