On Tue, 23 Sep 2003, Sean Davis wrote:

> >   I am looking for some suggestions on motherboard (Asus ...),
> >   graphics controller (Nvidia ... - I intend to run X) and a wireless
> >   adapter.
>
> Well, I would avoid at all costs NVidia video cards. The ATI Radeons are
> just as good if not better at most things, and also have much better driver
> support. True NVidia support requires running current with some hacked in
> binary driver from FreeBSD that is not without side-effects (I've tested it)
>

Hi,

FWIW, I have not had problems with my Nvidia card (or XFree86), and have
been rather happy with it.

rainforest:{root}# uname -a
NetBSD rainforest.private.net 1.6ZB NetBSD 1.6ZB (RAINFOREST) #0: Sun Sep
14 17:30:35 PDT 2003
bstark@rainforest.private.net:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/RAINFOREST
i386
rainforest:{root}# dmesg | grep ^vga
vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0: Nvidia Corporation GeForce4 MX 420 (rev.
0xa3)
rainforest:{root}#


Brian Stark
bpstark at pacbell dot net