From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Feb 7 21:43:37 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B34E53A680 for ; Sun, 7 Feb 2021 21:43:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lumiwa@dismail.de) Received: from mx1.dismail.de (mx1.dismail.de [78.46.223.134]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA512 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mx1.dismail.de", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4DYjMW4fzcz3htD for ; Sun, 7 Feb 2021 21:43:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lumiwa@dismail.de) Received: from mx1.dismail.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mx1.dismail.de (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 66cb8079; Sun, 7 Feb 2021 22:43:33 +0100 (CET) Received: from smtp1.dismail.de ( [10.240.26.11]) by mx1.dismail.de (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 1aa280ba; Sun, 7 Feb 2021 22:43:32 +0100 (CET) Received: from smtp1.dismail.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp1.dismail.de (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id ac969044; Sun, 7 Feb 2021 22:43:32 +0100 (CET) Received: by dismail.de (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPSA id 7c823237 (TLSv1.3:AEAD-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256:NO); Sun, 7 Feb 2021 22:43:31 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2021 16:43:29 -0500 From: LuMiWa To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Polytropon Subject: Re: Suggested upgrade for a GeForce GT 450 Message-ID: <20210207164329.3f0df00c@dismail.de> In-Reply-To: <20210207204810.d575ae00.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20210207204810.d575ae00.freebsd@edvax.de> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.8 (GTK+ 2.24.33; amd64-portbld-freebsd12.2) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4DYjMW4fzcz3htD X-Spamd-Bar: ------ X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-6.70 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[dismail.de:s=20190914]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:78.46.223.134]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; RCVD_DKIM_ARC_DNSWL_MED(-0.50)[]; DWL_DNSWL_MED(-2.00)[dismail.de:dkim]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[4]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED(-0.20)[78.46.223.134:from]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[dismail.de,reject]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[dismail.de:+]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:24940, ipnet:78.46.0.0/15, country:DE]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2021 21:43:37 -0000 On Sun, 7 Feb 2021 20:48:10 +0100 Polytropon wrote: > On Sun, 7 Feb 2021 16:57:47 +0100, Tomasz CEDRO wrote: > > However, it turns out that nVidia in a nightmare for Open-Source, so > > you cannot do anything except what they give you with a binary blob > > driver, that is basic display stuff. If you want to do OpenCL or > > similar then forget nVidia. >=20 > That is also my individual experience with nVidia. While there > are open source drivers, they're not as good as the binary ones > supplied by nVidia, so if you expect 3D stuff to work (and most > desktop environemnts today cannot work without them), you will > have to use the original nVidia drivers, because neither "nv" > nor "nouveau" would provide more functionality and performance > than "vesa" (as "lowest common denominator") would. >=20 >=20 >=20 > > After 20 years of being loyal customer of nVidia I have switched to > > AMD RADEON RX580 simply because they support Open-Source while > > nVidia does not. >=20 > In the past, ATi had excellent open source support for all the > features of the graphics card, and there was one (!) driver that > supported them (named "ati"). Worked out of the box, no further > fiddling with xorg.conf options or XML files... :-) >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 How is Intel support. I am looking for one old(er) computer and it has Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 and another Intel HD Graphics 640. Are they okay for Blender and FreeCAD, please?=20 Thank you. --=20 =E2=80=9CWise men speak because they have something to say; fools because t= hey have to say something.=E2=80=9D --Plato