From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 13 18:05:37 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53C1E1065679 for ; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:05:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) Received: from ns1.jnielsen.net (ns1.jnielsen.net [69.55.238.237]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42A628FC20 for ; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:05:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) Received: from max.local (rrcs-74-218-226-253.se.biz.rr.com [74.218.226.253]) (authenticated bits=0) by ns1.jnielsen.net (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id m7DI5aVD014589; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:05:36 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) From: John Nielsen To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:06:05 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <80f4f2b20808130917k2ddc8a3aj54edd9fe79c83788@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <80f4f2b20808130917k2ddc8a3aj54edd9fe79c83788@mail.gmail.com> X-Face: #X5#Y*q>F:]zT!DegL3z5Xo'^MN[$8k\[4^3rN~wm=s=Uw(sW}R?3b^*f1Wu*.<=?utf-8?q?of=5F4NrS=0A=09P*M/9CpxDo!D6?=)IY1w<9B1jB; tBQf[RU-R<,I)e"$q7N7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200808131406.05129.lists@jnielsen.net> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88.4, clamav-milter version 0.88.4 on ns1.jnielsen.net X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: Jim Subject: Re: ATi & Intel graphics X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:05:37 -0000 On Wednesday 13 August 2008, Jim wrote: > At some point fairly soon, I'll be rebuilding my computer, and I want > three things. > > 64 Bit for more memory, maybe a bit of performance boost as well - > it's mostly a multimedia machine > decent/good 3D acceleration (better than a GeForce 7300GS - a few > games in WINE in 1920x1080 - yes, believe it or not, the 7300GS > doesn't do /bad/ on many of the games, but it certainly could be > better). > FreeBSD. You may want to rethink this. The emulators/wine port is i386-only: %grep -i arch /usr/ports/emulators/wine/Makefile ONLY_FOR_ARCHS= i386 > I've used Solaris and Linux, and honestly, I'd rather go back to > Windows and use Cygwin for my *nix needs. > I'd rather use FreeBSD for the system than Windows. > > 64 Bit immediately knocks out the thoughts on using an nVidia card. > > Has anyone had much experience with a 3600 series ATi card, it's the > best in the discreet-video category for my target price/performance, > but not listed in the man pages for the Radeon (non-HD) - only the > 3400s and the 3800s). Aside from that, going for the really cheap end, > has anyone had much experience with the Intel 4500HD chipsets yet? I'm > lousy with other people's code (barely good with my own), but I could > test if needed, if/when I get the board. In my experience the Intel and Radeon drivers for Xorg work very well on FreeBSD, but I don't have experience with any of the specific hardware you mention. > Could anyone give me some of their experiences here? How are your > experiences with these pieces of hardware and their drivers in terms > of stability/reliability (in FreeBSD of course)? Are either of these > setups in a place where a tester would be needed/welcome?