Re: How painful is the nv driver supposed to be?

2009-11-20 Thread Pierre-Luc Drouin
Awesome! I have been waiting for years for this driver, so a few more months won't make a difference. This was the major factor preventing me from fully enjoy FreeBSD for workstation usage. Uwe Laverenz wrote: Pierre-Luc Drouin schrieb: an i7 overclocked at 4GHz) configured in 1920x1080.

RE: How painful is the nv driver supposed to be?

2009-11-20 Thread Sean Cavanaugh
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:28:19 -0500 From: pldro...@pldrouin.net To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: How painful is the nv driver supposed to be? Hi, I am using the nv xorg driver on 8.0 amd64 with a GeForce 6600 (CPU is an i7 overclocked at 4GHz) configured in 1920x1080.

Re: How painful is the nv driver supposed to be?

2009-11-20 Thread Pierre-Luc Drouin
Thanks well this won't work on amd64 until Nvidia releases a driver. I was waiting for the amd64 driver to buy a new video card... Sean Cavanaugh wrote: Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:28:19 -0500 From: pldro...@pldrouin.net To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: How painful is the nv

Re: How painful is the nv driver supposed to be?

2009-11-19 Thread Uwe Laverenz
Pierre-Luc Drouin schrieb: an i7 overclocked at 4GHz) configured in 1920x1080. With that setup it takes about 2 seconds to maximize a window or to switch workspace in fluxbox. Is there a way to improve speed or this is all I can hope to get? NVidia will release an official driver for

Re: How painful is the nv driver supposed to be?

2009-11-19 Thread Frank Shute
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:28:19AM -0500, Pierre-Luc Drouin wrote: Hi, I am using the nv xorg driver on 8.0 amd64 with a GeForce 6600 (CPU is an i7 overclocked at 4GHz) configured in 1920x1080. With that setup it takes about 2 seconds to maximize a window or to switch workspace in