I'm looking for a new PCIe graphics card that has good FreeBSD and Linux drivers. Multi monitor and high resolution support would be essential, support for 3D games and compiz less so but still important. I've been using FreeBSD server side for about 7 years now, but I haven't tried it as a desktop before so I'm not sure what to look for.
From what I've gathered from the other posts here, Nvidia cards have good binary-only support on i386 (not amd64, although that won't be a problem for this system). ATI cards are a hit and miss - depending on the card the vesa driver may be better.
My short list of cards I'm interested in:
- ATI 3450
- ATI 4350
- ATI 4550
- ATI 4650
- Nvidia 8400 GS
- Nvidia 9400 GT
- Nvidia 9500 GT
Has anyone tried one of these on FreeBSD?
Any recommendations for other specific cards or chipsets?
From what I've gathered from the other posts here, Nvidia cards have good binary-only support on i386 (not amd64, although that won't be a problem for this system). ATI cards are a hit and miss - depending on the card the vesa driver may be better.
My short list of cards I'm interested in:
- ATI 3450
- ATI 4350
- ATI 4550
- ATI 4650
- Nvidia 8400 GS
- Nvidia 9400 GT
- Nvidia 9500 GT
Has anyone tried one of these on FreeBSD?
Any recommendations for other specific cards or chipsets?