Re: video card for amd64

Roger Midmore wrote:
> I just built a new amd64 system with a nvidia 7800gt graphics card but
> want to run OpenBSD. I know that OpenBSD won't support the card but was
> wondering if it's possible to install another really cheap video card and
> have OpenBSD work. Or have a workaround with MESA instead?
> 

OpenBSD doesn't support DRI (ie hardware accelerated OpenGL) at all for 
now. But X.Org provide software OpenGL using Mesa in this case.

The 'nv' driver in X.Org 6.9 supports the 2D acceleration features of 
the 7800GT so X should just work won your system.

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Matthieu Herrb