Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 21:04:58 -0400 From: Dot Yet <dot.yet@gmail.com> To: Rainer Hurling <rhurlin@gwdg.de> Cc: Jan Bramkamp <crest@rlwinm.de>, FreeBSD stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: GPU suggestion: gtx 750ti Message-ID: <CA%2Bar7K7j5tetQCkMdi3xREhmVmDO7xjnY=0c8Lo2wff4b1oZiQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2Bar7K71_nR5vj0qSaP%2B6_VYyMP%2BW5hOAWxi2J8dFFSr0fwzCw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CA%2Bar7K43RPdDi%2BNveij_pe6qG2A8zXzZ08phi=YvbJYF37jWDQ@mail.gmail.com> <55E9B5AF.50106@rlwinm.de> <CA%2Bar7K6XvqP4a_7xc8MsL=qFWXnQsgxokMtd35jCpGa2QaetWg@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2Bar7K6NCO1N637Xh=hXDvrvTJ1UECmGGfDqJPb=csxogCT6dQ@mail.gmail.com> <55E9D33E.80009@gwdg.de> <CA%2Bar7K71_nR5vj0qSaP%2B6_VYyMP%2BW5hOAWxi2J8dFFSr0fwzCw@mail.gmail.com>
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one thing though, there is some minor tearing, not sure if there is away to fix it. any suggestions? thx. . On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 9:03 PM, Dot Yet <dot.yet@gmail.com> wrote: > So, I went ahead an bought a much cheaper card :) GT 720 for CAD70! > > followed the instructions mentioned here: > https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/howto-setup-xorg-with-nvidias-driver.52311/, > used the drives from x11/nvidia-driver binary package. > > Happy Camper!! > > Wonderful graphics! and 4k videos look amazing :) dual monitor setup, both > monitors discovered automatically, I just had to fix their placement in > xfce. > > Thanks everyone for their opinion and help. Enjoy the weekend! > > tjx. > . > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 1:22 PM, Rainer Hurling <rhurlin@gwdg.de> wrote: > >> Am 04.09.2015 um 18:11 schrieb Dot Yet: >> > Seems 950 is supported now though: >> > >> > http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/90283/en-us >> >> Yes, there is a binary driver for 950 at NVidia, but AFAIK it does not >> exist as a port on FreeBSD until now. >> >> Because there a some new internal changes in the driver and its file and >> directory structure, the port has to be adopted to these changes. O. >> Hartmann makes a suggestion for a patch almost one month ago [1]. >> >> HTH, >> Rainer >> >> [1] https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=202228 >> >> > >> > thx. >> > . >> > >> > On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 3:38 PM, Dot Yet <dot.yet@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> >> makes sense. I am very likely to revert back to haswell when support >> for >> >> it is there and move this card over to one of the other machines. >> >> >> >> so, based on what you said, for now 950 is not an appropriate choice? >> is >> >> it correct? >> >> >> >> thx. >> >> . >> >> >> >> On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 11:15 AM, Jan Bramkamp <crest@rlwinm.de> wrote: >> >> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> On 04/09/15 16:34, Dot Yet wrote: >> >>> >> >>>> Hello, >> >>>> >> >>>> I currently run haswell based desktop and am planning to add a >> second gpu >> >>>> to get decent graphics functional. I am thinking about purchasing >> nvidia >> >>>> gtx 750ti. can anyone confirm if its supported by drivers and is >> capable >> >>>> of >> >>>> hardware acceleration? if not, what current day gpu should i look >> for? I >> >>>> am >> >>>> not a gamer, but I do like watching 1080p movies/trailers etc. >> >>>> >> >>>> Please let me know. >> >>>> >> >>> >> >>> Yes a Nvidia GTX 750ti is supported by the closed source binary driver >> >>> according to https://www.nvidia.com/download/index.aspx (enter your >> data >> >>> and you end up at >> >>> https://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/90283/en-us). >> >>> >> >>> A GTX 750ti is a bit overpowered for light desktop and media usage but >> >>> based on a dated microarchitecture and lacks hardware support for the >> >>> upcoming h.265 video codec. >> >>> >> >>> Nvidia drops support for old hardware in their driver from time to >> time >> >>> and newer chips have a lower idle power consumption for a given peak >> >>> performance so you might want to look for a GPU with a newer >> >>> microarchitecture. The GTX950 would be a good fit but the nvidia >> driver >> >>> port is not yet up to version 352.41 which adds support for the >> GTX950. >> >> >
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