Video card for openBSD

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going5hole

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I was wondering what video card any of you who are running openBSD are using. I'm planning on building another box soon, and would like to see what works well. I used to think I should get a ti4600, or an ATI 9600 pro, but when visiting other forums, it looks like a 4X (or 8X) AGP card with 64 MB of memory like a Radeon 7500 or an Nvidia 5200 would work just fine. So, let's hear what you are using, or any comments / suggestions.
 
Avoid ATI cards like the plague. Their driver support sucks. Nvidia is a much better choice for non-window boxes.
 
Right, right, I guess I should have put in my original post, that I was leaning towards the Nvidia cards.
 
Depends on what you're going to use it for.
My websurfing/dhcp/router/sometime webserver/light 2d gaming/xchat - box has a radeon 7000, because it was the cheapest I could get at the time. It has ok 2d performance with the (open) X.org drivers, but no 3d acceleration.


(This is FreeBSD, not OpenBSD. Also, I have no idea if the FreeBSD drivers from nVidia work in OpenBSD.)
 
well, seeing that neither ATi or Nvidia have OpenBSD drivers made by them, try and find a cheap card that will work on it. I say cheap because I am guessing your not going to be doing any gaming or major 3d stuff on when using it.
 
What are you going to be running on OpenBSD that is going to need that kind of graphics power? Either way, you're not getting the 'good' drivers and are going to have to use open-source drivers. I'd probably find some $20 card & make sure X has decent support for it - it might be a Radeon 7000, or it might be some POS S3 card. It's not reall to important.
 
I think I have decided. I was looking around today, and found an Nvidia MX4000 for 41 bucks that looks like it will work just fine. I've run into a few people that are using this card, and they say there are no problems with it at all. Thanks for the responses everyone.
 
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