From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 3 18:57:01 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31DC116A401; Mon, 3 Apr 2006 18:57:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from server.baldwin.cx (66-23-211-162.clients.speedfactory.net [66.23.211.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FD0743D48; Mon, 3 Apr 2006 18:57:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from localhost (john@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k33IuxJD044464; Mon, 3 Apr 2006 14:56:59 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 14:43:51 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <20060403062711.GA52962@sysadm.stc> <4430C91F.6070006@samsco.org> <1144071224.686.6.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <1144071224.686.6.camel@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200604031443.53372.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87.1/1370/Mon Apr 3 13:31:59 2006 on server.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on server.baldwin.cx Cc: Subject: Re: recommended PCI-E video card? X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 18:57:01 -0000 On Monday 03 April 2006 09:33, Joel Dahl wrote: > On Mon, 2006-04-03 at 01:05 -0600, Scott Long wrote: > > Igor Robul wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I'm planing to build AMD64 based workstation, and have one question: > > > > > > which PCI-Express video card works best with X.org on freebsd-amd64 in > > > x64 mode? > > > > > > AFAIK nVidia does not have binary drivers for FreeBSD on AMD64, so what > > > opensource driver works best for X.org+FreeBSD+AMD64? > > > > When I looked at this a couple of months ago, the answer was that 2D > > works just fine, but there simply isn't any support for this > > configuration for 3D acceleration. Maybe that has changed recently. > > True, however jhb is working on PAT (which AFAIK Nvidia needs if they're > going to produce a driver for FreeBSD/amd64) in perforce and this commit > message is quite interesting, especially the last sentence: > > http://perforce.freebsd.org/changeView.cgi?CH=93413 I'm still waiting for feedback on the patch from Nvidia. Hopefully they will test the current PAT patch soon. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org