Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
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>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
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
>
>   




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?48003D95.6020403>