From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Dec 10 18:11:14 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B0A1E939FF for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2017 18:11:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mout.kundenserver.de (mout.kundenserver.de [212.227.17.24]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "mout.kundenserver.de", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass DE-2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E12D47AF04 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2017 18:11:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from r56.edvax.de ([92.195.18.98]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue104 [212.227.15.183]) with ESMTPA (Nemesis) id 0MA6Q5-1eCmS83W7F-00BMDh for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2017 19:11:05 +0100 Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2017 19:11:05 +0100 From: Polytropon To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Need for video driver Message-Id: <20171210191105.69765076.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:YowMWX65/TCJWl0sOO6ALkpNSdvmNfpi0bQ/deWoIeIDBYnFbA6 aJ3B/qD7D99ngtpOh7DkNXOuTVKtVgvWBCw4iRCeniqX3est2SPY29hp4BVZlmQYfQDgFV8 /LkEuBtRUEaaCGHjnAl3VoBKsoOPkGfwedqjpGM83f6x91gD2Dgk5eNFofDvELiuAnYBe9f xd+31dwJYrJGx4RmpkAOQ== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:PyZGOtLnvN4=:85hYLxm+PxrxJt4zzQkMAQ gqSZAczg3maRwBc/SPpOkc8WXdkKTCsQFWM+1mhoKXNR5SUMsG780wadnm/dUEoPCJJD1TTFv C8NWyC98rtIq5u10gqt1nFtWznWBMvPYevTRArQ9fWlvqnMsEfYxzFQGCQaBzZ6G5Zxgp8jX6 hcIPdH7ET3FtoxeAyEGbjJPeA+wztDhQz7eNKG+PnGryDWP5R38LVf3oQsf1BwP+HKihXZMWo +sIfvZsARF6TFdudxbszVOyMwwEd2NGWopRAA25vCMy35tWvTqKzxRxprjOtIBgoQ+MnRYE3c UwbpwZ3KnXuH4FTOqJt22vrbN1mM1AmnjjiDjpjBrMn984oMzGp6QzkVIzBfXuJ9ZvifPVrh+ 4OAIaHW7lllmF+pC078SYSCgfHNH+Xrl1fgBgUqEanQBKAXSJRK9ARK/UXmQ9CMzmZUKMXH7l 2Z2skK/kKOwffEK7lRsIPfcHpKopkHcMz4N4PSsOlmloPlPZJ48ZTza7Ua95lxpKvxN1ha4eq sc44APfYJPeBUTP0a/JzfQoAkz6P6znDCarE2wEqimbJu8HVuJVEzcMAv7eVa7C5iTONlR64B 8xH3bRf4JHGNKery0TVqRHuwkLjXu4FjFB0/J6kKNWM4l9I3NN6vFU4u4wAYwSfsfojPb7bp9 EhNVz7BKWT9GN5a/nlHYyHbd3DBA/dgGQAmFAHWnAjEhofVl3kmVuYBTNVSNVQ7L0Vgp3EgyG O8h+ULzMqLmIDe339ylS+/NSghQHHmsdXYhS47mluA50x/IbnQwaPVPS5xc= X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2017 18:11:14 -0000 On Sun, 10 Dec 2017 11:25:28 +0000, Carmel NY wrote: > I have an older system that has an NVIDIA video card. The system is > mainly used for storage and > as a mail server. Is there any advantage to installing the > "x11/nvidia-driver" port? > > vgapci0@pci0:1:0:0: class=0x030000 card=0x13023842 chip=0x10c310de rev=0xa2 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'NVIDIA Corporation' > device = 'GT218 [GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3]' > class = display > subclass = VGA You say it's _mainly_ a server. If you want to use X simply for administration tasks (like controlling stuff through a web app), VESA should be fully sufficient. Only if you want to do things like extensive web browsing or desktop environments, it's worth comparing the VESA performance to that with nvidia-driver loaded. You will _then_ probably see an increase in speed. Of course, if you're not using X at all, there is _no_ advantage in loading the driver. If the system is being used as a server _only_, there usually isn't a point in having a GPU in the system at all, especially not a high-power nVidia device. ;-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...