When you first boot PC-BSD you're asked to configure your graphics card. You have to choose which driver to use. If you don't know yet what driver to use, here's the list of the most common graphics cards and drivers:
| Graphics Card | Device Name |
|---|---|
| 3Dfx video driver | tdfx |
| Alliance ProMotion video driver | apm |
| ATI RADEON video driver | radeon |
| ATI Rage 128 video driver | r128 |
| BW2 video driver | sunbw2 |
| CG14 video driver | suncg14 |
| CG3 video driver | suncg3 |
| Chips and Technologies video driver | chips |
| Cirrus Logic video driver | cirrus |
| Cyrix video driver | cyrix |
| Glide video driver | glide |
| GLINT/Permedia video driver | glint |
| GX/Turbo GX video driver | suncg6 |
| Intel 8xx integrated graphics chipsets | i810 |
| Intel i740 video driver | i740 |
| Leo video driver | sunleo |
| Matrox video driver | mga |
| Neomagic video driver | neomagic |
| Newport video driver | newport |
| Nsc video driver | nsc |
| Number 9 I128 video driver | i128 |
| NVIDIA default video driver (2D) | nv |
| NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 100/200 NVIDIA GeForce2 Go NVIDIA Quadro2 MXR/EX/Go NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 460 NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440-SE NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go NVIDIA GeForce4 420 Go NVIDIA GeForce4 420 Go 32M NVIDIA GeForce4 460 Go NVIDIA Quadro4 550 XGL NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go 64M NVIDIA Quadro NVS NVIDIA Quadro4 500 GoGL NVIDIA GeForce4 410 Go 16M NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440SE with AGP8X NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 with AGP8X NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000 NVIDIA Quadro4 580 XGL NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD NVIDIA Quadro4 380 XGL NVIDIA Quadro NVS 50 PCI NVIDIA GeForce2 Integrated GPU NVIDIA GeForce4 MX Integrated GPU NVIDIA GeForce3 NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti 200 NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti 500 NVIDIA Quadro DCC NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600 NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4400 NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL NVIDIA Quadro4 750 XGL NVIDIA Quadro4 700 XGL NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4800 NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4800 SE NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 Go NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL NVIDIA Quadro4 780 XGL NVIDIA Quadro4 700 GoGL |
1.0-96xx |
| NVIDIA RIVA TNT NVIDIA RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Ultra NVIDIA Vanta/Vanta LT NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro NVIDIA Aladdin TNT2 NVIDIA GeForce 256 NVIDIA GeForce DDR NVIDIA Quadro NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS/GeForce2 Pro NVIDIA GeForce2 Ti NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro |
1.0-71xx |
| Rendition video driver | rendition |
| S3 Savage video driver | savage |
| S3 ViRGE video driver | s3virge |
| Silicon Motion video driver | siliconmotion |
| SiS and XGI video driver | sis |
| SiS USB video driver | sisusb |
| SUNFFB video driver | sunffb |
| TCX video driver | suntcx |
| Trident video driver | trident |
| Tseng Labs video driver | tseng |
| VESA (Generic video driver) | vesa |
| VGA (Generic video driver) | vga |
| VIA unichrome graphics driver | via |
| VMware SVGA video driver | vmware |