Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2020 11:50:28 +0100 From: Niclas Zeising <zeising+freebsd@daemonic.se> To: Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it>, freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Status of i5-3xxx graphics support Message-ID: <4fcd7f1b-ae3f-2d22-0884-70f58a7dd527@daemonic.se> In-Reply-To: <47eefd0a-149c-49de-f683-16fa186e0c41@netfence.it>
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On 2020-11-09 17:59, Andrea Venturoli wrote: > Hello. > > Since, as I previously wrote, my Radeon cards are not working well with > drm-kmod + radeonkms and I cannot seem to fix this, I'm evaluating what > to do. > > > > I have another system with an i5-3470 (Ivy Bridge/HD Graphics 2500, > isn't it?) that I could swap with the one I'm writing from. > How is the status of its support? > > Is it supported by drm-kmod and the latest version of the graphic stack? > Are there any known issues/limitation? > Will it be supported for some time or is it already considered legacy? > > I have a Sandy Bridge Pentium laptop and it has always suffered from > (not so) occasional screen tearing. Is this a known problem that would > affect the i5 too? This CPU and GPU should work fine with drm-fbsd12.0-kmod or drm-current-kmod (depending on if you are on FreeBSD 12 or current). I don't know about tearing issues, I have not experienced it myself to any extent, across several versions of intel GPUs. > > Will it support dual monitor? I see no reason it wouldn't. > > > > Out of curiosity, MB specs say: > - 1 x HDMI® port with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @60Hz > - 1 x DVI-D port with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @60Hz > - 1 x VGA port with max. resolution up to 2048x1536 @75Hz > > I thought max resolution depended on the CPU, not the MB. Am I wrong? > VGA doesn't have the bandwidth to handle full HD resolution. Regards -- Niclashelp
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