From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 11 21:59:25 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EAB51065671 for ; Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:59:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from soralx@cydem.org) Received: from pd3mo1so.prod.shaw.ca (idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D6F08FC1B for ; Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:59:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from soralx@cydem.org) Received: from pd2mr1so.prod.shaw.ca (pd2mr1so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.110]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0JZ60072CIAZP110@l-daemon> for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:59:23 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml1so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.145]) by pd2mr1so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)) with ESMTP id <0JZ600G8AIAZXP20@pd2mr1so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:59:24 -0600 (MDT) Received: from soralx ([24.87.3.133]) by l-daemon (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)) with ESMTP id <0JZ600A51IAYJF00@l-daemon> for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:59:23 -0600 (MDT) Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:59:21 -0700 From: soralx@cydem.org In-reply-to: To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Message-id: <20080411135921.2bcc9b58@soralx> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.9; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit References: <47FC398C.9030109@gmail.com> Cc: rklogin@gmail.com, carlsonmark@gmail.com Subject: Re: Nvidia GeForce 9500M GS X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:59:25 -0000 > > 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