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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
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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.
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