Nvidia driver?

[Adam Vande More]

On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 10:23 PM, Michal Varga <varga.michal at gmail.com> wrote
>
>
> >  Is amd64 supported? How about 9-current / HEAD?
>
> ADM64 - yes. Personally I don't run any amd64 systems for reasons
> unrelated, but a fair share of nvidia users do (still, far from
> majority). Anyway, as far as I can tell, works about the same as i386
> drivers.
>

amd64 runs great for me, there aren't any differences as far a
configuration/ports/upgrading/etc from an end user perspective.  FreeBSD
amd64 binary Nvidia driver support is relatively new but I've never had a
single issue with it although my needs are pretty basic.

CURRENT/HEAD - no idea, sorry.
>

It's kinda like everything else on CURRENT, it works the majority of the
time.  However when it does break it can be painful.


>
> > (and an almost offtopic question - what is the NV equivalent of a
> > [45]6xx mid-range card?)
>
> I could probably answer that if you were more specific about your needs,
> as I have no idea what ATI model numbers mean (despite that I own some,
> just can't force myself to care - I mean it's ATI after all. That's all
> one needs to know).
>
> So, if you could be more specific about your preferences, from say,
> gaming/3d/opengl/video/movie acceleration/desktop performance/heat
> buildup/power consumption/price range/I don't want to be your betatester
> k thanks bye/ aspects, I could probably easily elaborate, but usually
> when ex-ATI owners just ask about their model numbers, all I have to
> offer is a sad look. And that wouldn't help you much :)
>
> m.
>
>
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> Michal Varga,
> Stonehenge (Gmail account)
>
>
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