Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2021 18:11:42 -0400 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: Greg V <greg@unrelenting.technology> Cc: x11@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Old NVIDIA card, new FreeBSD = failure? Message-ID: <24791.42526.208238.436624@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <778F35B8-10F3-4D4D-8200-A235FD9A0762@unrelenting.technology> References: <uZ6VybGvR6ddjj1CVAd0CMNpgvfbc65oLMD5y8r7OPur5j7flNkWuLoxJAueOHkyAJoOW68fE1zpTrvk18VPxSU3drao03Lv0n8UM6ge3y0=@protonmail.com> <36919.1624649280@segfault.tristatelogic.com> <24790.13300.679983.900189@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <778F35B8-10F3-4D4D-8200-A235FD9A0762@unrelenting.technology>
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Greg V <greg@unrelenting.technology>: > Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>: > > > (For anyone in my position: I _think_ the RX 460 and above > >support GCN 2.1, which is what I _think_ is the bottom-end > >specification. Cards matching this number seem to start at about > >US $50.) > > GCN is the name of the GPU architecture, not something a GPU > "supports".. Got that; the "support" is from the software. I have two conflicting desires: a) I want to run modern applications ... on the latest stable version of X ... using an actively maintained and improved version of amdgpu/drm ... working with reasonably high-performance hardware. b) I have a very limited budget, and would ideally like to be able to use this on older systems - say ones with a PCIe 2.0 expansion slot. Finding a card that meets these specifications has been ... educational. That's why I'm hoping someone more knowledgable has done the work and would be willing to publish it. Respectfully, Robert Huff
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