On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 01:40:19PM +0200, Martin Schr?der wrote: > 2006/10/18, Sam Fourman Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >Pardon me if my Knowledge is lacking, but is there actually *any* > >video card vendor that would support Full 3D acceleration and *most* > >of the stuff desktop users want? > > Not really. Matrox is open, but the cards don't do DVI higher than > 1280x1024. And ATI is as closed as NVIDIA, but the drivers are even > more broken. > > Best > Martin
Do you have more details regarding ATI versus NVIDIA video cards? From what I understand, ATI's Radeon cards have pretty good support. Meaning that all of the video-out ports work with the radeon driver and some versions have 3d support. I don't believe the nv driver supports any video-out ports besides VGA (DVI?) and only does 2d. I got burned by this some time ago when I discovered that while NVIDIA releases binary drivers for FreeBSD, they're only available for the x86 platform. If you're looking to add dual, or triple-headed support or connect your system to a television or A/V receiver, good luck. I've had nothing but problems trying to find a suitable card with BSD support. I'm currently trying a Radeon 9600XT which some people have claimed will work. -Damian
