Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 10:54:35 -0500 From: "Louis Munro" <louismunro@altern.org> To: <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Subject: Choosing a video card - Nvidia or ATI Message-ID: <000801c3d85b$3725e600$0300a8c0@gonzoboreas>
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Greetings O repository of knowledge and wisdom... I have been building myself a new computer in the last weeks and I am = now almost done except for choosing a video card. I have been reading up = on the matter but some things remain confused after reading through both = this list and xfree86.org, namely what support I might expect for things = such as accelerated graphics using either an Nvidia or ATI chipset. These are the cards I am considering:=20 - Asus V9520 TD (nvidia GFX 5200) - Asus ATI Radeon 9600 SE - MSI GFX FX5600XT-TD128=20 I had tought that the ATI chipset was unsupported (at least until the = release of Xfree86 4.4) until I read of someone using a Radeon 9600 on = this list. At the same time I don't see any mention of the nvidia = Geforce FX on the list of supported drivers for xfree86. Is that because = it's simply covered by the "Geforce DDR" category or is it still = unsupported at this point? So based on actual experience and knowledge, what can I expect from = these three? I might be willing to forgo 3d acceleration if I can get = decent performance as 2D for general window managing and such as the 3D = functions are probably going to end up being used to play games running = Windows anyway.=20 Both the Asus V9520 TD (nvidia GFX 5200) and the Asus ATI Radeon 9600 SE = support a second VGA output. Has anyone had any experience using that = function? I have an old monitor which I would press into service if it = works. Any advice is welcome. I'm still a recent convert to FreeBSD so things = that may be obvious to others might not be so to me ;~) Louis
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