From owner-freebsd-multimedia Thu Feb 4 13:16:48 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA22470 for freebsd-multimedia-outgoing; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 13:16:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from thelab.hub.org (nat0252.mpoweredpc.net [142.177.188.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA22465 for ; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 13:16:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) Received: from localhost (scrappy@localhost) by thelab.hub.org (8.9.2/8.9.1) with ESMTP id RAA86522 for ; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 17:16:36 -0400 (AST) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) X-Authentication-Warning: thelab.hub.org: scrappy owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 17:16:36 -0400 (AST) From: The Hermit Hacker To: freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Riva*/nVidia chipsets supported in XFree86 ... Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org As a side tangent to the discussion that I started on -chat a few days back, dealing with more "high-end" video cards, and support...if anyone is looking for somethign that does 3D, here is a note from the nVidia developer who is working with the XFree86 team on drivers (note: the XFree86 FAQ explicitly states that 3D/fx drivers are not supported): ================================== IV: RIVA Issues The RIVA 128, RIVA 128ZX, and TNT are supported by the same X server. The acceleration isn't complete, but should be more that adequate. In fact, better than most othere cards. Both PCI and AGP versions of the RIVA cards are supported. =================================== I believe the Viper550 is a Riva* chipset? I'm using one of hte Creative Graphics Blaster cards myself, and it appears to work great. Have to figure out what, under FreeBSD, I can *do* with it, mind you... Marc G. Fournier Systems Administrator @ hub.org primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message