Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 16:11:30 +0000 From: Dot Yet <dot.yet@gmail.com> To: Jan Bramkamp <crest@rlwinm.de> Cc: FreeBSD stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: GPU suggestion: gtx 750ti Message-ID: <CA%2Bar7K6NCO1N637Xh=hXDvrvTJ1UECmGGfDqJPb=csxogCT6dQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2Bar7K6XvqP4a_7xc8MsL=qFWXnQsgxokMtd35jCpGa2QaetWg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CA%2Bar7K43RPdDi%2BNveij_pe6qG2A8zXzZ08phi=YvbJYF37jWDQ@mail.gmail.com> <55E9B5AF.50106@rlwinm.de> <CA%2Bar7K6XvqP4a_7xc8MsL=qFWXnQsgxokMtd35jCpGa2QaetWg@mail.gmail.com>
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Seems 950 is supported now though: http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/90283/en-us thx. . On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 3:38 PM, Dot Yet <dot.yet@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 <crest@rlwinm.de> 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" >> > >
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