the best graphicscard for FreeBSD

[Uwe Laverenz]

On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 09:52:48AM -0800, Joe Kelsey wrote:

> I always tell anyone who asks to run very fast and very far away from
> anything with NVIDIA in it.

IMHO NVidia is the only option if you want decent 3D acceleration on
FreeBSD or Linux desktops. Other manufacturers don't even care for
FreeBSD and ATI's drivers are crap on any platform (including Windows).

> countless errors which will cause system failures on every single
> machine I have tried to use them with.  Do not ever buy or attempt to

Sorry, must be something on your side, I never experienced such problems
with NVidia cards/drivers.

> Use Matrox cards.

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.

cu,
Uwe