Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:18:10 -0600 From: "Mark Carlson" <carlsonmark@gmail.com> To: "soralx@cydem.org" <soralx@cydem.org> Cc: rklogin@gmail.com, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Nvidia GeForce 9500M GS Message-ID: <bab706780804140918k4939f593j1323c713c882f2ba@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080411135921.2bcc9b58@soralx> References: <47FC398C.9030109@gmail.com> <bab706780804110908v674d2929v169afed8c581fce@mail.gmail.com> <20080411135921.2bcc9b58@soralx>
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On 4/11/08, soralx@cydem.org <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 > Ah, that sounds like the nvidia I've grown to (dis)trust. Going through all the trouble of adding support for brand new cards, and not adding one simple line to a small documentation file... Bah! -Mark C.
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