On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 11:32:53PM +0000, Owain Ainsworth wrote: > On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 10:43:46PM +0000, Jacob Meuser wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 07:08:09PM -0200, Vinicius Vianna wrote: > > > > > Anyone can recommend some good video adapter that has a nice support for > > > OpenBSD? > > > I wanna to be able do see movies, specially high definition on my > > > desktop, it's an amd x2 so my only question is about graphics > > > performance, I'm between ati and nvidia right now, but i now nvidia only > > > provides blob drivers, do anyone uses ati on openbsd or can recommend a > > > nice one? > RadeonHD hasn't even started 3d acceleration yet. Intel is a good bet if > you don't want anything that powerful. Older radeons are alright, (check > for support for specific cards on the web first). Radeonhd is ok for > the future, but don't expect anything DRI-wise for a while.
I suppose the question that must be answered is: to watch hi-def movies, as in have the hardware do the conversions, etc, do you need 3D accel support in the driver, or will 2D hardware accel support do everything you need. I think the need for the propriatory drivers is for 3D for most cards. You'd have to check the man page for the different drivers to see what chips have 2D hardware accel. Doug.
