From owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Fri Sep 4 15:38:35 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05E1C9CAE88 for ; Fri, 4 Sep 2015 15:38:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dot.yet@gmail.com) Received: from mail-oi0-x231.google.com (mail-oi0-x231.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c06::231]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C63022B5 for ; Fri, 4 Sep 2015 15:38:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dot.yet@gmail.com) Received: by oixx17 with SMTP id x17so14036176oix.0 for ; Fri, 04 Sep 2015 08:38:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=ng9AZZ/x3G/FojuqzdcU9a71Q+DBC91M3xArhBZkyY8=; b=Vs1QL5B8WKqv97LcUX4BxeLTc6pLRuj8Dl41ilVfU9YJ+4bvqIzhjwfIaTdgHqx84/ 1SeISw1NYsB1JwzLL4aQ/b498702GZZxjgNMbbR/8RO+NYAE28CCyuYqJmn53Cuc7hR7 tk/T6QJdP0GHVC5L51VJvAe+0pOlcTh/T6WfBE1Tteryi2iHHflQyZkdyQg4HuRifxW/ kdoCbC5NV+Ooq3Bw8EsKntb2rI6vStH1vCmhjwkSagc8R+5SAnD9gpZIKQlIHju0liis IJsW4TPElGkMnoy3MWbZqvktOgXP6ZzmRWZ96BYNEzT+GFbdUZ4byER3aDVmM9mhwSk6 saaw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.202.206.22 with SMTP id e22mr3840327oig.132.1441381114097; Fri, 04 Sep 2015 08:38:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.76.99.146 with HTTP; Fri, 4 Sep 2015 08:38:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <55E9B5AF.50106@rlwinm.de> References: <55E9B5AF.50106@rlwinm.de> Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 11:38:33 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: GPU suggestion: gtx 750ti From: Dot Yet To: Jan Bramkamp Cc: FreeBSD stable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2015 15:38:35 -0000 makes sense. I am very likely to revert back to haswell when support for it is there and move this card over to one of the other machines. so, based on what you said, for now 950 is not an appropriate choice? is it correct? thx. . On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 11:15 AM, Jan Bramkamp wrote: > > > On 04/09/15 16:34, Dot Yet wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I currently run haswell based desktop and am planning to add a second gpu >> to get decent graphics functional. I am thinking about purchasing nvidia >> gtx 750ti. can anyone confirm if its supported by drivers and is capable >> of >> hardware acceleration? if not, what current day gpu should i look for? I >> am >> not a gamer, but I do like watching 1080p movies/trailers etc. >> >> Please let me know. >> > > Yes a Nvidia GTX 750ti is supported by the closed source binary driver > according to https://www.nvidia.com/download/index.aspx (enter your data > and you end up at > https://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/90283/en-us). > > A GTX 750ti is a bit overpowered for light desktop and media usage but > based on a dated microarchitecture and lacks hardware support for the > upcoming h.265 video codec. > > Nvidia drops support for old hardware in their driver from time to time > and newer chips have a lower idle power consumption for a given peak > performance so you might want to look for a GPU with a newer > microarchitecture. The GTX950 would be a good fit but the nvidia driver > port is not yet up to version 352.41 which adds support for the GTX950. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >