From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Feb 7 16:16:28 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B603530B88 for ; Sun, 7 Feb 2021 16:16:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu) Received: from kicp.uchicago.edu (kicp.uchicago.edu [128.135.20.70]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DYZ633t54z4n3j for ; Sun, 7 Feb 2021 16:16:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu) Received: from [192.168.43.231] (unknown [172.58.137.160]) (Authenticated sender: galtsev) by kicp.uchicago.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CBBAF4E698; Sun, 7 Feb 2021 10:16:20 -0600 (CST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 13.4 \(3608.120.23.2.4\)) Subject: Re: Suggested upgrade for a GeForce GT 450 From: Valeri Galtsev In-Reply-To: Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2021 10:16:19 -0600 Cc: Patrick Mahan , User Questions Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <689BA65A-1E05-43C3-9154-93689B187FAB@kicp.uchicago.edu> References: To: Tomasz CEDRO X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3608.120.23.2.4) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4DYZ633t54z4n3j X-Spamd-Bar: -- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=fail reason="No valid SPF, No valid DKIM" header.from=uchicago.edu (policy=none); spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu has no SPF policy when checking 128.135.20.70) smtp.mailfrom=galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.39 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; DMARC_POLICY_SOFTFAIL(0.10)[uchicago.edu : No valid SPF, No valid DKIM,none]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; RBL_DBL_DONT_QUERY_IPS(0.00)[128.135.20.70:from]; SPAMHAUS_ZRD(0.00)[128.135.20.70:from:127.0.2.255]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[172.58.137.160:received]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.99)[-0.990]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[no SPF record]; RCVD_NO_TLS_LAST(0.10)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:160, ipnet:128.135.0.0/16, country:US]; FREEMAIL_CC(0.00)[gmail.com,freebsd.org]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2021 16:16:28 -0000 > On Feb 7, 2021, at 9:57 AM, Tomasz CEDRO wrote: >=20 > On Sun, Feb 7, 2021 at 6:48 AM Patrick Mahan = wrote: >> So before I jump into the wilds of the Nvidia forums and other = groups, I >> thought I would ask here. I would like to hear any recommendations = for the >> new Nvidia graphics from this list as I tend to find most of the >> recommendations useful. >=20 > Some time ago I have switched to GF1030 because it was silent (no fan) > and low power (30W) and for display it was enough. >=20 > However, it turns out that nVidia in a nightmare for Open-Source, so > you cannot do anything except what they give you with a binary blob > driver, that is basic display stuff. If you want to do OpenCL or > similar then forget nVidia. And it has been so at least for as long as I dare to remember which is = some 20 years. > After 20 years of being loyal customer of nVidia I have switched to > AMD RADEON RX580 simply because they support Open-Source while nVidia > does not. >=20 And during all that 20 years AMD always was my savior=E2=80=A6 I second = what you say. Also, NVIDIA obsoletes hardware that is still decent, = which is another source of pain in you know where. Valeri > On the other hand the graphics stack destruction that comes from Linux > KMS/DRM also impacts FreeBSD and it turns out that you neither can use > OpenCL nor even stable efficient graphics because RX580 driver crashes > my workstation. And since the time I have purchased RX580 until now > its price went over 50% down and still I have no use of this card on > FreeBSD :-( >=20 > In this situation GF1030 seems inexpensive and reasonable solution. At > least it works. >=20 > --=20 > CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"