the best graphicscard for FreeBSD

[Jason Andresen]

Matthias Buelow wrote:

> Pertti Kosunen wrote:
>
>>> The newer cards work very well.  I have a X800se PCI-Express card 
>>> and it works like a charm with X.org 6.8.1 on 5.3.  The only thing 
>>> that's
>>
>> Isn't that pretty expencive for 2d use?
>
>
> Yes.. that's why I also have Windows installed for a game every now 
> and then.  I just wanted to point out that the current generation 
> Radeons do, in contrast to what has been claimed before, actually work 
> with the current Xorg release (which unfortunately hasn't arrived in 
> ports yet, as it seems, but is available via patchsets from the ports 
> maintainer).  With "work", I mean, solid 2d performance (supported by 
> the radeon driver, not Vesa).  I see 3d support as a nice add-on but 
> not as the core functionality.


IMHO, if you just want 2D, pretty much any bottom of the barrel card 
will work.  Even low end Nvidia or ATI cards (Geforce4 MX, Geforce 2, 
etc...) will work and they're not very expensive (~$30 new for a Geforce 
2 MX).  Drivers don't become an issue unless you buy an exotic (or 
extremely off-brand) card or want 3D graphics.