Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:59:21 -0700 From: soralx@cydem.org To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Cc: rklogin@gmail.com, carlsonmark@gmail.com Subject: Re: Nvidia GeForce 9500M GS Message-ID: <20080411135921.2bcc9b58@soralx> In-Reply-To: <bab706780804110908v674d2929v169afed8c581fce@mail.gmail.com> References: <47FC398C.9030109@gmail.com> <bab706780804110908v674d2929v169afed8c581fce@mail.gmail.com>
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> > I'm planning to buy new notebook. So someone please tell me is it > > GeForce 9500M GS supported? Can i use this graphic card with 3d > > acceleration? Thank you. > > > > Best regards Erca Gan > > This page has the latest Nvidia driver info for FreeBSD: > http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html > > Click on the latest release for FreeBSD, then on the left side of the > page click "Supported Products List." That should take you to here > (for the 169.12 release) > http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_18897.html > > The 9xxx chips do not seem to be supported yet. 8800 is the max as > far as I can see. They may be supported soon, but maybe not. If the > laptop is widescreen and you are going to be running FreeBSD on it, > don't get it until the driver supports the graphics card. Unless you > can test the laptop first with a FreeBSD live-cd and check for sure, > you will probably not be able to run the monitor with a widescreen > resolution. OTOH, if you check the "archive", you'll find this: http://www.nvidia.com/object/freebsd_171.06.html On that page: "Release Highlights: Added support for GeForce 9600 GT." I am testing this driver right now with 7600GT, seems like still working. I looked at the README file in the driver's archive, there are no 9xxx in the supported list. > -Mark C. [SorAlx] ridin' VS1400
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