> Well, I use FreeBSD and I figure I'm not going to get great 3D performance no matter >what with nvidia only producing linux binary drivers. So I may as well go for the >absolute best 2D I can get. Cost really isn't an issue, other than not wanting to pay >$400 for top-end 3D performance I'll never see anyway. > I just want support for high resolutions and refresh rates, say 1920x1440@85hz, true >color.
Hi Steve,
But would it make a difference to your decision process if you /could/ get
hardware 3D under FreeBSD?
Firstly, you may or may not have known that there's a project to get the
NVDIDIA binary-only drivers working on FreeBSD as well as Linux, which has
been apparently been quite successful. The web page is here:
http://nvidia.netexplorer.org/news.html
Secondly, (and more interestingly to those who get a warm, fuzzy feeling from
knowing that they have the source code to everything they run), is this URL
posted by Doug White:
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~eanholt/dri/index.html
The thread started today on freebsd-multimedia, search for MsgID
[EMAIL PROTECTED] for the start.
As this won't be in the archives yet, I'll quote another tidbit:
Additionally, joeo at cracktown.com said:
> Most common AGP capable northbridge chipsets are supported by stable
> and current. What is also needed for direct rendering is the kernel
> module for the card type. Currently supported for direct rendering
> with freebsd are;
> 3Dfx Voodoo 3/4/5 (both PCI and AGP varieties work) ATI AGP radeon
> (the older generation of cards) ATI AGP r128's (but not the "fury
> maxx") MGA AGP G200/G400/G450's
> The PCI versions of the latter cards are not supported since the
> person who ported the card specific kernel modules didn't have the pci
> versions of the cards available or the time/interest to make it work.
> Much of the work on the uoregon.edu site mentioned earlier in this
> thread has been folded back into the XFree86-CVS head branch for
> possible inclusion with the 4.2.0 XFree86 release, but it needs some
> FreeBSD users testing it.
HTIOI. Let me know if you want the details of the branch tags etc. Me, I'm
pumped!! :)
Cheers,
AS
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