amd64 newbie question [nVidia GeForce NX6200LE]

[Peter Ulrich Kruppa]

On Sun, 25 Mar 2007, Masahiko KIMOTO wrote:

> > these are my first experiments with my new amd64, but I guess
> >  	# uname -a
> >  	FreeBSD pukruppa.net 6.2-STABLE FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE #0:
> >  	Sat Mar 24 09:21:22 CET 2007
> >  	root at pukruppa.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64
> > shows everything is on a good way.
> >
> > Along with my mainboard I purchased some cheap graphics card with
> > an nVidia GeForce NX6200LE chip "with TurboCache". This thing
> > will freeze the system (not only X) within 10 s - 5 min .
> > Is this a known problem or can anyone run it properly?
>
> I've also faced the same problem. As far as I searched, same
> problem appears on other OSs such as Linux, too, with X.org 6.8.2 and 6.9.
> Then I've thrown away the 6200TC card, and bought 6600GT card instead.
> On my another box, GF6200A (without TC) is working well.
> So, maybe the TC is evil, I think.
Something is definitely wrong with it: I borrowed an old Hercules 
Terminator gaphics card and it works absolutely fine.

Regards,

Uli.
>
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