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DIR:OUT; SFP:1901; SCL:1; SRVR:BN3NAM04HT063; H:SN1PR20MB2109.namprd20.prod.outlook.com; FPR:; SPF:None; PTR:InfoNoRecords; A:1; MX:1; received-spf: None (protection.outlook.com: outlook.com does not designate permitted sender hosts) authentication-results: spf=none (sender IP is ) smtp.mailfrom=carmel_ny@outlook.com; x-microsoft-antispam-message-info: 03yZbXc9R0XuaNsAuFGTi10FNw3lE8Pv6RAxq8VGewYpTWA9+NSPOZFFoaLcui2dgLg4m3Zq9GWeoVImAYK9LvJxCGA5BL/QCcZcoFNQPV5vfM5aZGk5GlYVzoHWpdj6Wv1q+nRGvr2szDtw4LuNF42j+ircU6EAR3IfxcKaB6rCB9knPZ5S3jwN8cwosQNhCSqUcsEHVNe9JqSH+k812VJYijst+ypKy28Np3eRhis= Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <49C374A46A3AA9468A602C8D59628153@namprd20.prod.outlook.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginatorOrg: outlook.com X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-RMS-PersistedConsumerOrg: 9a4e3081-9524-43cf-bfc3-dcaef82d5da1 X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-Network-Message-Id: 93e5ab1d-76bc-4a37-9a0b-08d6101acf83 X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-rms-persistedconsumerorg: 9a4e3081-9524-43cf-bfc3-dcaef82d5da1 X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-originalarrivaltime: 01 Sep 2018 14:54:26.6519 (UTC) X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-fromentityheader: Internet X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-id: 84df9e7f-e9f6-40af-b435-aaaaaaaaaaaa X-MS-Exchange-Transport-CrossTenantHeadersStamped: BN3NAM04HT063 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2018 14:54:29 -0000 On Sat, 1 Sep 2018 11:44:02 +0200, CeDeROM stated: >Thank you Tommy.. bad news.. how did that happen for nVidia to become >worst GPU driver provider to FreeBSD lagging even behind ATI/AMD and >Intel.. I guess these are closed-source drivers so we have nothing to >do here.. I was always buying nVidia only because of trust in their >best drivers.. but that needs to be revised I see :-( > I don't believe that is a correct interpretation of the problem. Several years ago, FreeBSD was unable to support nVidia's 64 bit drivers. Eventuall= y, that problem was alleviated. However, and this is what I have gathered from reading chat forums dedicated to nVidia, FreeBSD still does not properly handle all of the features that nVidia offers in a manner similar to MS Windows (naturally) and other *.nix operating systems. A business model whe= re nVidia would be forced to spend large amounts of money to devise a way to b= e 100% compatible with FreeBSD, a user base magnitudes smaller than MS Window= s or other *.nix operating systems, would prove to be a losing strategy. A far more easily implemented plan would be for the FreeBSD developers to p= in point exactly what FreeBSD needs to do to become fully compatible with nVid= ia products. Microsoft works closely with nVidia, as well as some other *.nix developers to assure that their products are compatible. Why isn't FreeBSD taking this approach? --=20 Carmel