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<answer>
<para>The availability of 3D acceleration depends on the
version of &xfree86; or &xorg; that you are using and the type of video chip
you have. If you have an NVIDIA chip, you can use the binary
drivers provided for FreeBSD on the
<ulink url="http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp">
Drivers</ulink> section of their website. For other cards
with &xfree86;-4 or &xorg;, including the Matrox G200/G400, ATI Rage
128/Radeon, and 3dfx Voodoo 3, 4, 5, and Banshee,
information on hardware acceleration is available on the
<ulink
url="http://people.FreeBSD.org/~anholt/dri/">XFree86-4
Direct Rendering on FreeBSD</ulink> page.</para>
version of &xorg; that you are using and the type of video chip
you have. If you have an nVidia chip, you can use the binary
drivers provided for &os; by installing one of the following
ports:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>The latest versions of nVidia cards are supported by the
<filename role="package">x11/nvidia-driver</filename> port.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>nVidia cards like the GeForce2&nbsp;MX/3/4 series are
supported by the 96XX series of drivers, available in
the <filename
role="package">x11/nvidia-driver-96xx</filename>
port.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Even older cards, like GeForce and RIVA&nbsp;TNT are
supported by the 71XX series of drivers, available in
the <filename
role="package">x11/nvidia-driver-71xx</filename>
port.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>In fact, nVidia provides detailed information on which
card is supported by which driver. This information is
available directly on their web site: <ulink
url="http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_32667.html"></ulink>.</para>
<para>For Matrox&nbsp;G200/G400, you should check the <filename
role="package">x11-servers/mga_hal</filename> port.</para>
<para>For ATI&nbsp;Rage&nbsp;128 and Radeon, see the
&man.ati.4x;, &man.r128.4x; and &man.radeon.4x; manual
pages.</para>
<para>For 3dfx Voodoo&nbsp;3, 4, 5, and Banshee cards, there
is a <filename
role="package">x11-servers/driglide</filename> port.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
</qandaset>