Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:41:57 +0900 From: Erdenebat Guntomor <rklogin@gmail.com> To: soralx@cydem.org Cc: carlsonmark@gmail.com, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Nvidia GeForce 9500M GS Message-ID: <48003D95.6020403@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080411135921.2bcc9b58@soralx> References: <47FC398C.9030109@gmail.com> <bab706780804110908v674d2929v169afed8c581fce@mail.gmail.com> <20080411135921.2bcc9b58@soralx>
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Hi dear All, So is there a anyone knows when GeForce 9500M GS will support on FreeBSD? Best regards Erca Gan soralx@cydem.org wrote: >>> 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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