Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 11:52:13 -0800 (PST) From: Joseph Garcia <bear@unix.homeip.net> To: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Matrox G400 PCI and 3D Hardware Rendering Message-ID: <20020117114940.N24838-100000@we-24-126-232-105.we.mediaone.net> In-Reply-To: <20020117112324.U24838-100000@we-24-126-232-105.we.mediaone.net>
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Hmmm....according to what I read it seems as though the requirements for DRI is AGPGART which probably means that it won't support PCI cards and needs to be AGP. At least that's my assumption. Also, I can't seem to find a G400 in PCI format, although I have found G200's in PCI format on pricewatch.com for $82 which is way more than I want to spend. Like I said, it's just a "play" box. Any suggestions? Joey On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Joseph Garcia wrote: > Hello all! > > I have this older Compaq Prosignia 200 server that has a really crappy > PCI video card in it which I wanted to upgrade just so that it makes it > easier on my eyes when running X sessions. It's not used for any heavy > duty serving or anything like that. More like a test machine. Sometimes I > use it for handling syslog message from various devices here in the > company, but I'm using another machine for that right now. Back to my > question... I was considering getting a Matrox G400 because it would most > likely provide really nice 2D acceleration, higher resolutions, and nice > color. What I was wondering is could I get hardware acceleration out of > that PCI card or is XFree4's 3D acceleration for AGP cards only? I know > I'll need to read some more docs on this on the XFree86 site, but I > thought maybe someone here can lead me to answer. Thanks in advance. > > Joey > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message
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