ATI 8500 or matrox 550?

[Jud]

On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 20:48:00 -0400, Will Saxon <WillS at housing.ufl.edu> 
wrote:

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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: .VWV. [mailto:victorvittorivonwiktow at interfree.it]
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 7:47 PM
>> To: questions at freebsd.org
>> Subject: ATI 8500 or matrox 550?
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>> Hi.
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>> Owing to the need of purchasing a supported video-card before it's too 
>> late
>> for my 4.6.2, I would like to know if the X Window System driver can run
>> fine or not the ATI 8500. I have noticed the driver is not listed in the
>> 'sysinstall' tool. If I choose 'ati' using xf86config or editing
>> /etc/X11/XF86Config, would the card work as well as a Matrox 550 one?
>>
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> You would actually want the radeon driver, not the ati one.
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> http://www.xfree86.org/4.3.0/radeon.4.html
> http://people.freebsd.org/~anholt/dri/index.html
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> I've never personally used one, but it seems like it ought to work.
>
> -Will

Should do 2D fine.  The latest Radeon I recall seeing 3D acceleration for 
in X is the 7500, so the OP may have to wait a bit for 3D to happen.

Jud