How painful is the nv driver supposed to be?

[Pierre-Luc Drouin]

Awesome! I have been waiting for years for this driver, so a few more 
months won't make a difference. This was the major factor preventing me 
from fully enjoy FreeBSD for workstation usage.

Uwe Laverenz wrote:
> Pierre-Luc Drouin schrieb:
>
>> an i7 overclocked at 4GHz) configured in 1920x1080. With that setup 
>> it takes about 2 seconds to maximize a window or to switch workspace 
>> in fluxbox. Is there a way to improve speed or this is all I can hope 
>> to get?
>
> NVidia will release an official driver for FreeBSD/amd64 in the near 
> future:
>
> http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=41545&page=37
>
> If you can't wait, and I guess that's the case, you culd try the free 
> nv alternative named "nouveau".
>
> Uwe
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