Problems watching video with the Radeon HD 3850

[A. D. Plas]

Roland Smith wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 09:35:45PM +0200, Aniruddha wrote:
>   
>> Roland Smith wrote:
>>     
>>> For the best performance, you'll have to update to a recent 7-STABLE, or
>>> wait for the upcoming 7.2 release. The kernel support code for graphics
>>> chips has been updated since the release of 7.1. 
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> Thanks I'll try that. What's the recommended way to upgrade nowadays? 
>> freebsd-update or still cvsup/portupgrade?
>>     
>
> Well, freebsd-update is only for the base system (binary updates) while
> the cvsup/portupgrade combo is for ports.
>
> I tend to update the sources and recompile, so I can use src.conf and
> make.conf to customise the base system and ports.
>
> For the base system: csup (not a typo, it's a replacement in the base
> system for the cvsup port). For ports, a combination of portsnap to
> update the ports tree, and portmaster to recompile out-of-date ports.
>
>
>   
I upgraded to the latest Xserver, 2d acceleration does seem a bit 
improved unfortunately it still isn't optimal. I guess I'd better buy an 
Nvidia card.