I know, this should be more a question for the folks at Xorg but still.
Does FreeBSD support the "Sapphire ATI Radeon X1950 Pro ULTIMATE
SILENT"
card?
Is there anywhere that I can find which cards are support with Xorg?
I find the main web site is rather obtuse.
Maybe adding that link (or list) to the relevant section of the handbook
be a good idea?
Thanks.
--
yann@kierun.org -=*=- www.kierun.org
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--- Yann Golanski <yann@kierun.org> wrote:> I know, this should be more a question for the folks > at Xorg but still. > Does FreeBSD support the "Sapphire ATI Radeon X1950 > Pro ULTIMATE SILENT" > card? > > Is there anywhere that I can find which cards are > support with Xorg? > I find the main web site is rather obtuse. > > Maybe adding that link (or list) to the relevant > section of the handbook > be a good idea? > > Thanks. > > -- > yann@kierun.org -=*=- > www.kierun.org > PGP: 009D 7287 C4A7 FD4F 1680 06E4 F751 7006 > 9DE2 6318 >Hello Yann, Well, here are a few quick tips: 1) Locate the type of chip set for your video card. ATI Cards http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_ATI_Graphics_Processing_Units Nvida Cards http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_NVIDIA_Graphics_Processing_Units 2) Look at the man page of the driver; and search in the page for that chip set. If I am not mistaken there is more than one driver for ATI. IE: radeon driver http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=radeon&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+6.1-RELEASE+and+Ports&format=html nv driver http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=nv&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+6.1-RELEASE+and+Ports&format=html 3) Match up the driver to the chip set on the card. 4) Always double check the reference material for the chip sets listed in step 1. PS: tomshardware.com gives good reviews of video cards; with the added bonus of listing the chip sets that is used in the card (typically). Hopefully this should give you a starting point. Regards, Paulette McGee ____________________________________________________________________________________ Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097
--- Paulette McGee <paulette_mcgee@yahoo.com> wrote:> > --- Yann Golanski <yann@kierun.org> wrote: > > > I know, this should be more a question for the > folks > > at Xorg but still. > > Does FreeBSD support the "Sapphire ATI Radeon > X1950 > > Pro ULTIMATE SILENT" > > card? > > > > Is there anywhere that I can find which cards are > > support with Xorg? > > I find the main web site is rather obtuse. > > > > Maybe adding that link (or list) to the relevant > > section of the handbook > > be a good idea? > > > > Thanks. > > > > -- > > yann@kierun.org -=*=- > > > www.kierun.org > > PGP: 009D 7287 C4A7 FD4F 1680 06E4 F751 > 7006 > > 9DE2 6318 > > > > Hello Yann, > Well, here are a few quick tips: > 1) Locate the type of chip set for your video card. > > ATI Cards >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_ATI_Graphics_Processing_Units> > Nvida Cards >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_NVIDIA_Graphics_Processing_Units> > 2) Look at the man page of the driver; and search in > the page for that chip set. If I am not mistaken > there is more than one driver for ATI. IE: > > radeon driver >http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=radeon&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+6.1-RELEASE+and+Ports&format=html> > nv driver >http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=nv&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+6.1-RELEASE+and+Ports&format=html> > 3) Match up the driver to the chip set on the card. > > 4) Always double check the reference material for > the > chip sets listed in step 1. > > PS: tomshardware.com gives good reviews of video > cards; with the added bonus of listing the chip sets > that is used in the card (typically). > > Hopefully this should give you a starting point. > Regards, > > Paulette McGee >Sorry, I forgot to mention about the choices hardware ie: AGP, PCIe (PCI Express), Integrated. 1) AGP = works great; in my humble opinion. 2) PCIe = not sure about the status of PCIe on FreeBSD 3) Integrated = Depends on the chip set. PS: The proprietary drivers support more chip sets with 3d acceleration. Depending on your video card: a) chip set b) driver support (proprietary vs open source) c) Hardware interface (AGP, PCIe, Integrated). The 3 items listed above may steer the decision making process for drivers and or cards. Sorry to all for replying to my own message. Paulette McGee ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com
On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 09:39:10AM -0800, Paulette McGee wrote:> > the page for that chip set. If I am not mistaken > > there is more than one driver for ATI. IE: > > > > radeon driver > > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=radeon&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+6.1-RELEASE+and+Ports&format=html > > > > nv driver > > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=nv&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+6.1-RELEASE+and+Ports&format=htmlThis is the open-source nvidia driver.> 1) AGP = works great; in my humble opinion. > 2) PCIe = not sure about the status of PCIe on FreeBSDAccording to the Xorg radeon manual page, the RV410 (Radeon X700) and R423/R430 (Radeon X800) are supported in PCIE.> 3) Integrated = Depends on the chip set. > > PS: The proprietary drivers support more chip sets > with 3d acceleration. Depending on your video card: > a) chip set > b) driver support (proprietary vs open source) > c) Hardware interface (AGP, PCIe, Integrated). > > The 3 items listed above may steer the decision making > process for drivers and or cards.For radeon: every radeon up to and including the 9250 (RV280) has accellerated 3D support by the open source radeon driver and the radeon kernel module. These are fast enough for desktop work and light 3D use. Later cards typically support 2D, but no accellerated 3D. See the radeon(4) manual page. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 187 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/attachments/20070221/a4ad7b8d/attachment.pgp
On Wednesday 21 February 2007 19:08, Yann Golanski wrote:> I know, this should be more a question for the folks at Xorg but still. > Does FreeBSD support the "Sapphire ATI Radeon X1950 Pro ULTIMATE SILENT" > card?The support is up to X.org not FreeBSD.> Is there anywhere that I can find which cards are support with Xorg? > I find the main web site is rather obtuse.Indeed :) I have an X1950 in my desktop system, the only driver that supports it is the VESA one (which is very slow). According to the X.org devs no X1000+ Radeon chipset works with the open source driver :( If you are running i386 there is a hacky port of the fglrx driver - http://www.fglrx-freebsd.com/index.php - it worked for me in my old system (i386/Radeon X800) but my new system is amd64 so I can't use it. Hopefully the guy will be able to create an amd64 version soon. -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 187 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/attachments/20070222/8893a442/attachment.pgp