the best graphicscard for FreeBSD

Michael Nottebrock michaelnottebrock at gmx.net
Fri Nov 26 12:35:26 PST 2004


Uwe Laverenz wrote:

> I love my G400max and still use it but: for their (slow+expensive)
> Parhelias there is absolutely no support from Matrox, no drivers or
> specs that would make them work with FreeBSD or other systems besides
> RH 7.3-9.0. The only trouble-free cards are G400 or G550 if you don't
> need 3D power. Sorry, nowadays Matrox is not an option for FreeBSD-
> or Linux-Users.

Actually, on i386 you should be able to just use the binary driver modules 
from the matrox supplied "redhat" drivers, at least for basic accelerated 2D 
(that probably excludes advanced multihead functionality like quad-head though).

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