From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 5 12:27:53 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 228D72A1 for ; Tue, 5 Nov 2013 12:27:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pathiaki2@yahoo.com) Received: from nm3-vm0.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com (nm3-vm0.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com [98.139.212.154]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B49EE234B for ; Tue, 5 Nov 2013 12:27:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [98.139.215.143] by nm3.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 05 Nov 2013 12:27:51 -0000 Received: from [98.139.211.200] by tm14.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 05 Nov 2013 12:27:51 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp209.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 05 Nov 2013 12:27:51 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1383654471; bh=GNl9IV1TVdbAOT2zcrhrMrOdeC8B0qvMBP+MC45qaZM=; h=X-Yahoo-Newman-Id:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:X-Rocket-Received:Message-ID:Date:From:User-Agent:MIME-Version:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=ChUtCgYcvOQj9ruwuQfgwzQO1hl0Jp46RlsXuvpCUnB8WCROqzmie43vxTyYXhNBw8gn8AuPSpxruvEqtFx8fn1vmD/39mhF5Fvqd2EmgGLCYZZ7gmN8/73haqaC7uX4rXWajl2vBJgUBYj+kLOXrA9O2BFrSbIJ24vaNxcoAtY= X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 230031.49085.bm@smtp209.mail.bf1.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: CGwoo1wVM1mHi5yN9VWezA9wiyp4gH5WXvPO4xVUyCyW8zq YXZrV.Dy2IrGWN.pgjIWDc5JZ__VdlDJsuymWgeMkZE5dqacFQwz94CLG6gz 8TCTWyTqF7hSnTkt0raBL9d.MXquu_36bqzkZ8cHvWRLne6B_s_hyxyR_hgY 5EzgTCXwHLtKIG8JNwKgiHNn3guAhHZqINqCQP0AFWQPJvRx7QJSTu1GvlRR WpsJ7Yv5X8EkTkgOHPgWCr8fMpqUG0R4ou26BbKzMBXpCdFCuvsMD8wZ8ZnJ HVjFYDIoe4_GvzKZIjUp7vX7tb3QDIN0J6O7UdwHaGqmz5yAOF9uAv2rm5YW NebwZLtwTdD_Yi5fKxvtCqflymFbj4oUH08K.lYsYqV1o8WLBvfAV5nnikNH c3B4QeC7wvcLZRDeJRN4u2L_5ZEA3YRX.EAHtw_kpsTDhJxgLu9SWSyVnq_w zD2faEKMjPPolLxWwZz6SqSLV4h8NR69au2WhPbWyQob5MC4fINfHYZHuOie LLFY8RVFqj16UJwP6O_4oQwZXG5H7iVgTxFMkfGLsfzSsFQuC_HrRlJktkGy lSW.mX2Sf0RvxKWTOF1ya9GBsKE9ihmuhKmyyDmJ3s8qRapIaPTKEj6gwbFT vhS0- X-Yahoo-SMTP: h3Xqg6.swBC0yI913RMMwp94grO_cg-- X-Rocket-Received: from desktop4.atlantisservices.net (pathiaki2@68.186.255.231 with ) by smtp209.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 05 Nov 2013 04:27:51 -0800 PST Message-ID: <5278E445.5070702@yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 07:27:49 -0500 From: pathiaki2 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Suggestions for new graphics card? References: <5278DAA7.4040906@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <5278DAA7.4040906@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 12:27:53 -0000 On 11/05/2013 06:46, Jonathan Anderson wrote: > Hello -x11@, > > I'm currently running 10.0-BETA1 with an Intel 82Q35 integrated > graphics chipset. I'm pleased as punch that everything seems to "just > work", but this hardware won't drive the 2560x1440 display that I've > got my eye on. I went looking for information about cards supported by > FreeBSD, and I found our wiki to be a little... confusing. > > https://wiki.freebsd.org/Xorg#Working_Graphics_Cards seems to claim > that xorg-server 1.7.7 is only tested with the Virtualbox "device", > not Intel, AMD/ATI or nVidia. > > According to https://wiki.freebsd.org/AMD_GPU, the RV630 is the only > chipset not known to not work (not quite the same as "known to work"), > which corresponds to... the Radeon HD 2600 (six years old)? > > https://wiki.freebsd.org/NvidiaFeatureRequests says that "Nvidia > currently supports the FreeBSD/i386 platform", but this information is > from 2010, and my understanding is that things change quickly in the > graphics driver space. > > So... is there such a thing as a graphics card I can buy today that > will "just work" with FreeBSD 10 and/or -CURRENT? > > > Jon Jon, Typically, I'm using some fairly recent (within 1 year) Nvidia cards. I'm driving my HD monitors at 1920x1080 in HD mode. I can generate about 150-300 fps on even some of their lower end cards. (GT 430 - 100-150 fps) These cards all have 128-bit wide (192 and even had a 256 which was WAY overkill) interface. I'm not a gamer but my son is and he has the 550Ti - 192-bit bus and the thing screams. Yes, they work right out of the box with the nvidia driver. As for the resolution, I haven't gone above std HD... yet. (I don't have a monitor that supports it) I was getting annoyed with Catalyst and the other crappy software that ATI/AMD provides. (I was a dedicated ATI person for years, but Catalyst became bloatware and kind of a kludge - I'm entitled to my opinion - and their support for something like BSD was a hack at best. ) Nvidia writes and provides the driver for FreeBSD. It's nothing short of brilliant and does everything I need (including overclocking and the like if I ever felt the need - which I don't - look at the FPS!!!) Hope this helps, P.