nvidia driver on amd64

[Garrett Cooper]

Dick Hoogendijk wrote:
> Thomas Sparrevohn <Thomas.Sparrevohn at btinternet.com> writes:
>
>   
>> I found that the "vesa" driver works ok with a GTX 8800 - not fast -
>> but works
>>     
>
> People don't have a GTX8800 to have it just 'work'
> It needs to work fast!
> Personally I think it's very bad FreeBSD is not supported by nVidia,
> like f.i. solaris is.
> I don't want to write in favor of solaris, mind you, but it _is_ very
> nice to have Xorg-7.2 installed (both 32 and 64 bits) and a working 32
> _and_ 64 bits native nVidia driver with it.
>
> I have used FreeBSD for years and still hate to see this lack of
> support by others :-(
>
>   
Again, read my response and do some research before you blame nVidia.

The nv driver works better than the vesa driver IMO -- it provides much 
better 2D support than the vesa driver.

-Garrett