ATi or NVIDIA (no 3D needed)

[nORKy]

HI,

I need to chosse a workstation for my freebsd.
I need 2 screen (xrandr ?)
Can i use ATI or NVIDIA ? (or Intel GMA ?)

I don't need accelaration.

Thanks you

 

[SirDice]

Can't comment on the others but the standard Nvidia Xorg driver (x11-drivers/xf86-video-nv) doesn't support multiple screens. For that to work you will have to install the closed source Nvidia driver (x11/nvidia-driver).

 

[nORKy]

I have a computer with a NVIDIA quadro FX (2 DVI screens). I use nouveau-drivers and xrandr, I have no problem.
My real question is : is there a driver that work with ATI (or GMA) and xrandr to plug 2 screens ?

 

[wblock@]

I have a computer with a NVIDIA quadro FX (2 DVI screens). I use nouveau-drivers and xrandr, I have no problem.
My real question is : is there a driver that work with ATI (or GMA) and xrandr to plug 2 screens ?

Yes, [pman=4x]radeon[/pman] does that for ATI. Haven't tried dual monitors with Intel video, since I've never had an Intel system with dual video out.