[Recommendation] graphicscard (agp) for FreeBSD

[Wilko Bulte]

On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 08:26:53PM +0100, Sascha Klauder wrote..
> On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 07:06:56PM +0100, Gordon Bergling wrote:
> > I am building a new workstation. Most hardware was just ordered, but I
> > am still need a good supported graphicscard for FreeBSD.
> > 
> > Can anyone recommend a graphicscard based on AGP, which should be
> > support TV-Out.
> 
>  That heavily depends on what you want to do with it.  If you
> just do 2D, DVD-playback and the like, I would recommend a
> Matrox G450 or G550 card.  They feature superb image quality,
> are completely supported (TV-output worked when I last used
> one two years ago) and well documented, and even their OpenGL
> performance is sufficient for at least xscreensaver.

Absolutely agree to the above.  I have been using Matrox for years
now and I love them for uses as indicated.

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Wilko Bulte				wilko at FreeBSD.org