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Old 2nd November 2013
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Nvidia video cards are not recommended with OpenBSD, since Nvidia doesn't release enough informations to create a correct driver.

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Originally Posted by www.openbsd.org/i386.html
X Window System support is available for most graphics cards, using the X.Org server. As with other free operating systems it is highly recommended that Nvidia cards are avoided since this vendor continues to show tremendous resistance towards releasing information that would allow X.Org to support their hardware properly.
So, using a Nvidia video card is a gambling game...
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