Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 19:22:06 +0200 From: Rainer Hurling <rhurlin@gwdg.de> To: Dot Yet <dot.yet@gmail.com> Cc: Jan Bramkamp <crest@rlwinm.de>, FreeBSD stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: GPU suggestion: gtx 750ti Message-ID: <55E9D33E.80009@gwdg.de> In-Reply-To: <CA%2Bar7K6NCO1N637Xh=hXDvrvTJ1UECmGGfDqJPb=csxogCT6dQ@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>
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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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