> > I can't find anything specific about PCI Express in the 6.1 release > > notes. However, I have Googled up some reports of various PCI-E > > graphic cards working badly in Xorg under FreeBSD and other open source > > OSes. In general should PCI Express graphics cards work properly and > > perform reasonably well for Xorg and OpenGL graphics under FreeBSD, if > > I avoid the "touchier" nVidia cards, or do I need to stick with AGP for > > reliability?
I have a GeForce 6800GS PCIe x16 card, which has been rock-solid so far (I had to use the Nvidia drivers from ports, the 'nv' driver only gives me a messed up text console...). This is on a dual opteron 2x 846 on a Tyan Thunder K8SE motherboard. -- Rink P.W. Springer - http://rink.nu "Richter: Tribute? You steal men's souls, and make them your slaves! Dracula: Perhaps the same could be said of all religions." - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
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