the age old 3D hardware question
Hello. I'm looking to buy a new workstation that needs to be able to run in 64-bit (long) mode (working with large data sets). What are my options for 3D acceleration without binary drivers? My needs are quite minimal, I'm not running any games. As far as I can tell, only onboard Intel graphics and some ATI cards can provide acceleration without blobs. Is this really the case? I'm currently looking at the cheapest ATI cards as it seems that nobody makes a motherboard with the Intel onboard graphics that's compatible with Xeon CPUs. Am I going to be disappointed? Thanks, xw. Please CC: me as I'm not subscribed. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: the age old 3D hardware question
I'm looking to buy a new workstation that needs to be able to run in 64-bit (long) mode (working with large data sets). What are my options for 3D acceleration without binary drivers? My needs are quite minimal, I'm not running any games. you actually need 3D accelerator or just fast 2D card? if second - buy for 50$ (or get for free) used computer, lowest end pentium will suffice, plug good PCI graphics in it, and make an X terminal to connect to your high-speed computer. there is one more adventage of it - you may connect more than one :) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: the age old 3D hardware question
On 20081025 10:18:01, Wojciech Puchar wrote: I'm looking to buy a new workstation that needs to be able to run in 64-bit (long) mode (working with large data sets). What are my options for 3D acceleration without binary drivers? My needs are quite minimal, I'm not running any games. you actually need 3D accelerator or just fast 2D card? if second - buy for 50$ (or get for free) used computer, lowest end pentium will suffice, plug good PCI graphics in it, and make an X terminal to connect to your high-speed computer. there is one more adventage of it - you may connect more than one :) Unfortunately, yeah, I do need 3D acceleration. I'm not running any games but I am doing some OpenGL development (should've said that in the first place, really). ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: the age old 3D hardware question
afaik openGL always requires local display On Sat, 25 Oct 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 20081025 10:18:01, Wojciech Puchar wrote: I'm looking to buy a new workstation that needs to be able to run in 64-bit (long) mode (working with large data sets). What are my options for 3D acceleration without binary drivers? My needs are quite minimal, I'm not running any games. you actually need 3D accelerator or just fast 2D card? if second - buy for 50$ (or get for free) used computer, lowest end pentium will suffice, plug good PCI graphics in it, and make an X terminal to connect to your high-speed computer. there is one more adventage of it - you may connect more than one :) Unfortunately, yeah, I do need 3D acceleration. I'm not running any games but I am doing some OpenGL development (should've said that in the first place, really). ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: the age old 3D hardware question
On Sat, 25 Oct 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 20081025 10:18:01, Wojciech Puchar wrote: I'm looking to buy a new workstation that needs to be able to run in 64-bit (long) mode (working with large data sets). What are my options for 3D acceleration without binary drivers? My needs are quite minimal, I'm not running any games. you actually need 3D accelerator or just fast 2D card? if second - buy for 50$ (or get for free) used computer, lowest end pentium will suffice, plug good PCI graphics in it, and make an X terminal to connect to your high-speed computer. there is one more adventage of it - you may connect more than one :) Unfortunately, yeah, I do need 3D acceleration. I'm not running any games but I am doing some OpenGL development (should've said that in the first place, really). Wojciech Puchar wrote: afaik openGL always requires local display I would guess the development and testing will be done on the same machine. -- Bruce ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: the age old 3D hardware question
On 20081025 11:48:02, Bruce Cran wrote: I would guess the development and testing will be done on the same machine. -- Bruce If that was a question, then yeah, you're correct. It seems that I can actually get open acceleration using the r500 series of ATI cards (the X1950 is the most powerful card supported by Xorg DRI, apparently). These cards go for about $20 now... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: the age old 3D hardware question
On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 08:48:58AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello. I'm looking to buy a new workstation that needs to be able to run in 64-bit (long) mode (working with large data sets). What are my options for 3D acceleration without binary drivers? My needs are quite minimal, I'm not running any games. As far as I can tell, only onboard Intel graphics and some ATI cards can provide acceleration without blobs. Is this really the case? Yes. Intel should work with a recent driver and drm components in the kernel. Recent ATI cards (R600) work in 2D only. 3D support for R5XX ATI chips should work in the X driver, but you might need recent patches from Robert Noland for the DRM component in the kernel. 3D support for R600 based cards is waiting on specs to be provided by ATI. Check out http://www.phoronix.com/ for news about display drivers etc. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) pgplFatYjr6Tn.pgp Description: PGP signature
