which video card for FreeBSD/amd64

[Scott Long]

Mikhail Teterin wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I'll, probably, give up on NVidia soon. The free "nv" driver does not
> support two monitors on the same card, and the proprietory "nvidia"
> driver does not support amd64. My attempts to get the Linux/amd64 driver
> to work have so far yielded nothing but solid hangs of the system.
> 

An amd64 version of the nvidia driver is in the works, but the amd64
kernel needs some features before it cam become a reality.  I know
that people are working on those features, but I know no idea what their
timeline is.

> Adding an older PCI (VGA) card to drive the second monitor was
> disappointing -- the picture is of noticably poorer quality than over
> DVI.
> 
> Is there a decent AGP or PCI-X 

I assume you mean PCI-E here, not PCI-X.

> dual-DVI card out there, that offers
> decent 1600x1200 picture on FreeBSD/amd64? 3D is not a requirement...

I have an ATI X600 Pro card driving a 1600x1200 LCD DVI display, and it
looks __nice__.  It only has one DVI output, though.  I imagine that ATI
sells versions that have dual DVI.

Scott