On Fri, 9 Jul 1999, Axis wrote: > I have been using *BSD* for around 3 years now. My problem is thatI have > always used the console for system administration duties. I really want to > put a kick *** system together to run X with all of the luxuries. > I have noticed there is not that much support for sound cards andvideo > display adapters. > Given your experience, Could you please inform me of which sound card and > video display adapter works best with FreeBSD.
I suggest a nice TNT or TNT2 (Ultra too)-based card for video. They have nice 2D acceleration and okay 3D acceleration. The 3D acceleration is great, but limited by the slow architecture of the current X/GL/GLX implementation. I get very nice, but nowhere near current Windoze-driver-speed, 3D accel using this baby (just don't expect to play much Quake 3 with it in FreeBSD yet.) As for sound cards, I use a SB16. These are very well-supported and run nicely with either sound driver. Mine is an old SB16 4.13 (full-length ISA, software configured (not PnP)), and works perfectly. If you want something newer (more expensive too), other people than I will point you on your way. > > Thanxs > Axis > > FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, BSDI all have one simularity; > They are all better than LINUX or (Like Its Not UNIX). :) > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > Brian Fundakowski Feldman _ __ ___ ____ ___ ___ ___ gr...@freebsd.org _ __ ___ | _ ) __| \ FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! _ __ | _ \._ \ |) | http://www.FreeBSD.org/ _ |___/___/___/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message