Card for basic 3D acceleration in FreeBSD

[Vayu]

On Thursday 02 March 2006 15:57, Micah wrote:
> I'm looking for a card to handle some simple OpenGL stuff for a class
> I'm taking.  I have an ATI X300 card, but 3D acceleration is not
> supported on it in the current Xorg.  The only slots on my Mobo are PCI
> and PCI-EX.  I use the i386 release of FreeBSD currently, but would like
> to have the option to move to the amd64 release.  Any suggestions on a
> low-end (read cheap) card?  I know "nvidia" is often recommended, but
> any particular model?
>
> Thanks,
> Micah
> _______________________________________________

I use the fglrx driver on my laptop in Linux with an ATI x300 mobility.  It 
does hardware OpenGL just fine.  I noticed this thread where that driver has 
been ported to FreeBSD.  Maybe you could try that. 

http://www.bsdforums.org/forums/showthread.php?threadid=37837

I have two FreeBSD desktop machines that have 3D support through nVidia.  I 
downloaded their latest driver for FreeBSD from their website (I think 8178) 
and it compiled on both my machines perfectly.   One has the 6600 and another 
has a 6600GT.  Both are excellent price/performance.  I have a lower end 6200 
which is also great and pretty inexpensive.  I haven't used it on FreeBSD but 
it uses the same driver, so it should work just fine.