Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2016 22:12:38 +0200 From: Gerd Hafenbrack <gerd.hafenbrack@gmail.com> To: "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Any chance for ATI Radeon 8470 HD graphics ? Message-ID: <1efa2a66-74fb-9dc6-b252-81f3b84cd820@gmail.com>
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On 2016-08-13 21:04, Manish Jain wrote: > ... there is no way to determine in advance whether > certain hardware will work on not. It should not be difficult to > put up a web page which lists hardware compatibility ratings for the > most popular hardware available online. Since things like CPU, disk > drives, memory modules, monitor, keyboard and mouse always work, as a > desktop user, I only need hardware compatibility scores for graphics > adapter, sound card, ethernet adapter, printer/scanner. If I could > easily see which currently available adapter/card/printer is > supported, it makes life easier for everyone - for me buying the > hardware, for FreeBSD users looking to support the OS and the > hardware it runs on. At least for graphics such a web page which lists hardware compatibility exists: https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics#Video_cards > This also becomes a strong incentive to hardware manufacturers to > ensure that their hardware works on FreeBSD; ... Nearly all hardware manufacturers don't give a tinker's damn about FreeBSD. > ... Richland graphics don't work. ... Richland has Northern Islands and Northern Islands should work. > ... there is not even a single nvidia > card ... which I can see mentioned as supported on the > FreeBSD Graphics web page. The only cards listed there are ages old > and possibly very expensive cards. Not even a single card with the > current bunch of 210/610/710/730 chipsets is referred on that page. This page is for open source drivers. nvidia cards are supported by the proprietary driver from nvidia: http://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/105346
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