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On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 03:36:18PM +1200, Mark Kirkwood wrote: |
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> By way of contrast, I've been running Tyan and Supermicro boards with |
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> ATI radeon 9000 and 9200 cards for years without any issues on FreeBSD |
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> 4.8, 4.9, 5.3, 5.4 and now 6.0. I just use the supplied drivers that |
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> come with Xorg (XFree in the past). |
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I replaced a failed ATI 9700 PRO with a GeForce 6300. ATI |
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_NEVER_ supported that card with a Linux compatible driver. |
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I have an HP ZD8000 with the ATI X300 card in it. You will |
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never believe it, but... ATI _NEVER_ supported that card!!! |
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I look at the list of cards nVidia supports, and make the |
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decision to never again purchase another ATI card (okay, my |
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Tyan K8WE has ATI, and I will used the chip, but it will be |
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a firewall, so who cares?) simply due to their crappy support. |
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No, I don't use 3D - but, if I wanted to/needed to, I feel |
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nVidia at least offers me the chance of having it work. Now, |
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granted, it may not work, but at least I have the chance. Plus |
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nVidia offers native FreeBSD support, which is what my work- |
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station and firewall run. |
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Bruce |
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"I like bad!" Bruce Burden Austin, TX. |
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- Thuganlitha |
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The Power and the Prophet |
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Robert Don Hughes |
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