Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 07:27:49 -0500 From: pathiaki2 <pathiaki2@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Suggestions for new graphics card? Message-ID: <5278E445.5070702@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <5278DAA7.4040906@FreeBSD.org> References: <5278DAA7.4040906@FreeBSD.org>
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On 11/05/2013 06:46, Jonathan Anderson wrote: > Hello -x11@, > > I'm currently running 10.0-BETA1 with an Intel 82Q35 integrated > graphics chipset. I'm pleased as punch that everything seems to "just > work", but this hardware won't drive the 2560x1440 display that I've > got my eye on. I went looking for information about cards supported by > FreeBSD, and I found our wiki to be a little... confusing. > > https://wiki.freebsd.org/Xorg#Working_Graphics_Cards seems to claim > that xorg-server 1.7.7 is only tested with the Virtualbox "device", > not Intel, AMD/ATI or nVidia. > > According to https://wiki.freebsd.org/AMD_GPU, the RV630 is the only > chipset not known to not work (not quite the same as "known to work"), > which corresponds to... the Radeon HD 2600 (six years old)? > > https://wiki.freebsd.org/NvidiaFeatureRequests says that "Nvidia > currently supports the FreeBSD/i386 platform", but this information is > from 2010, and my understanding is that things change quickly in the > graphics driver space. > > So... is there such a thing as a graphics card I can buy today that > will "just work" with FreeBSD 10 and/or -CURRENT? > > > Jon Jon, Typically, I'm using some fairly recent (within 1 year) Nvidia cards. I'm driving my HD monitors at 1920x1080 in HD mode. I can generate about 150-300 fps on even some of their lower end cards. (GT 430 - 100-150 fps) These cards all have 128-bit wide (192 and even had a 256 which was WAY overkill) interface. I'm not a gamer but my son is and he has the 550Ti - 192-bit bus and the thing screams. Yes, they work right out of the box with the nvidia driver. As for the resolution, I haven't gone above std HD... yet. (I don't have a monitor that supports it) I was getting annoyed with Catalyst and the other crappy software that ATI/AMD provides. (I was a dedicated ATI person for years, but Catalyst became bloatware and kind of a kludge - I'm entitled to my opinion - and their support for something like BSD was a hack at best. ) Nvidia writes and provides the driver for FreeBSD. It's nothing short of brilliant and does everything I need (including overclocking and the like if I ever felt the need - which I don't - look at the FPS!!!) Hope this helps, P.
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