Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:20:03 -0700 From: soralx@cydem.org To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Cc: klogin@gmail.com, carlsonmark@gmail.com Subject: Re: Nvidia GeForce 9500M GS Message-ID: <20080414132003.02384f3d@soralx> In-Reply-To: <bab706780804140918k4939f593j1323c713c882f2ba@mail.gmail.com> References: <47FC398C.9030109@gmail.com> <bab706780804110908v674d2929v169afed8c581fce@mail.gmail.com> <20080411135921.2bcc9b58@soralx> <bab706780804140918k4939f593j1323c713c882f2ba@mail.gmail.com>
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> > > 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 > > Just to clarify slightly: notice that this is driver version 171.06, while the one dubbed "latest" (which is also in ports) is 169.12. What it is doing in "archives" is not quite clear. Anyway, maybe the port could have an update? The change is really straightforward -- just bump the driver version string and file size and checksums. I've been testdriving it for a while now, nothing unusual. JFYI, XvMC in mplayer more or less works with this driver in 7.0-STABLE, too -- if you forcefully compile it in. The quality is surprisingly good, even with bob-deinterlacing, though aspect ration gets distorted in fullscreen for some reason. > 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! Over 200k in weight might hardly qualify as "small" :) But, from what I hear on the Net, they've been doing it for ages: seems like their drivers for Winblows contain text files with PCIIDs and card/chip names. So, that means you could find out about their new cards before they are even released just by reading the text files in fresh drivers :) > -Mark C. [SorAlx] ridin' VS1400
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