ATi Mobile X1700 and FreeBSD

[matheusber]

I'm a FreeBSD user that likes to play some games once in a while. I'm about to buy an ATi powered notebook and I'd like to know if it will play games like Quake 1, 3 and 4 in FreeBSD as my last one did (nVidia powered).

I have seen some hacks to make it work, but neven seen someone saying its great ... so ...

Is it worth, pay a little less for an ATi one ? In the US, the difference is about $500

thanks

matheus

 

[matheusber]

And why there is no X1700 in the ati.amd homepage ?
just X1600 and X1800 !

matheus

 

[Steve]

The X1700 is only available in mobile form, got to look for it a bit differently I guess.

 

[matheusber]

Even though, not in the mobile nor in the desktop

but the most significative issue is really the FreeBSD working or not ...

Why ATi doesn't release a native driver ?! that would be way too good

thanks for your input

matheus

edit: there is indeed the X1700 webpage, there is not in the driver list ! even if you choose mobility. well, i bet this is no problem as all drivers may be packaged together ...

 

[Steve]

Windows-wise, the Radeons generally use unified driver packages. Not sure what to tell you about other OSes though.

 

[matheusber]

thanks again for your time and info,

but the problem is that Linux (that has official ATi support) and FreeBSD use differente kernels. And even though FreeBSD has a Linux compatibility Mode, I don't how far it goes in terms of a kernel driver for rendering 3D games ...

matheus