From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 14 16:18:15 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 E4A411065670 for ; Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:18:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carlsonmark@gmail.com) Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.31]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AF8D8FC17 for ; Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:18:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carlsonmark@gmail.com) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 2so700969ywt.13 for ; Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:18:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=a7f4mB7uDivHUbvUvT8U82CKn/wGMGCxM8V3wJBmubA=; b=a8iHHapQ0ROgnYDV8t7fMveUGWTW4TSmdDhAz7cQqv664ABVko7evFGnJTzHyG2FC+w5gj+uc8tAB5r3QZCGQ2wexyDnZgzdhJZfRi1pG/CxJChmk4RjBKw6Z/jyoxGNBgj9mcBdrZO0UM3CiHqhyeKjudExJeV0RFjF0IaJiZE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=caJ+uDWCTxj7aY1GP6iyD/c21nKCcKp49MPmNuXaZUQ2JOiVlI+aBYwC+JNNldGIcCAAwVQ94o9xIL3HwxWLPbg1LsMmJBVvhDQniMA9OJ6qbbj9+9pbRDrMb/JLGu6EX2AWmHD3Q3BcYhGUYh2RWXmo9LboeFYkx8gjcZPgfa0= Received: by 10.142.104.9 with SMTP id b9mr1884132wfc.48.1208189890260; Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:18:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.143.31.13 with HTTP; Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:18:10 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:18:10 -0600 From: "Mark Carlson" To: "soralx@cydem.org" In-Reply-To: <20080411135921.2bcc9b58@soralx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <47FC398C.9030109@gmail.com> <20080411135921.2bcc9b58@soralx> Cc: rklogin@gmail.com, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org 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: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:18:16 -0000 On 4/11/08, 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.