From owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Fri Sep 4 16:11:31 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@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 7293D9CB00D for ; Fri, 4 Sep 2015 16:11:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dot.yet@gmail.com) Received: from mail-oi0-x22a.google.com (mail-oi0-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c06::22a]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 38E55EF1 for ; Fri, 4 Sep 2015 16:11:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dot.yet@gmail.com) Received: by oibi136 with SMTP id i136so14575458oib.3 for ; Fri, 04 Sep 2015 09:11:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=7UDK4FSXYMNvtVFVIAVRTnyC6r5U653ePH3Cu/FI17s=; b=uhYiwffPKFDvMzx8kMv0gQuMGLtQYH01MsQZVo5OMi92a0cAGNjRhMSAqcJIiPIN+W h2h6ivouTrWtsRkH/lPARK8knrnKPEoC1am5H96Dy4cx1k88oJ7fsABgM7tlQGnbu8mb 40bTZNqD6dSnkbMIbcBtvXoNpNyPV/krsjXh/UKQQjsaneuLlyAFYfPW+Phe/EP3MsTN BF9Cin/OgsDQQLCq/4SM1Z3EsuLXSaubuwOdJEyQISTzz8s0xBAX7XBfjQos6q2btGJ0 12EaggVhyt6yzYtLUnMj4aBRINMfkYCzmCVdS7ucp98GGzMSr//ewcyDnSRu/cPi6AAe sKnw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.202.197.151 with SMTP id v145mr4014590oif.88.1441383090483; Fri, 04 Sep 2015 09:11:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.76.99.146 with HTTP; Fri, 4 Sep 2015 09:11:30 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <55E9B5AF.50106@rlwinm.de> Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 16:11:30 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: GPU suggestion: gtx 750ti From: Dot Yet To: Jan Bramkamp Cc: FreeBSD stable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2015 16:11:31 -0000 Seems 950 is supported now though: http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/90283/en-us thx. . On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 3:38 PM, Dot Yet wrote: > makes sense. I am very likely to revert back to haswell when support for > it is there and move this card over to one of the other machines. > > so, based on what you said, for now 950 is not an appropriate choice? is > it correct? > > thx. > . > > On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 11:15 AM, Jan Bramkamp wrote: > >> >> >> On 04/09/15 16:34, Dot Yet wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I currently run haswell based desktop and am planning to add a second gpu >>> to get decent graphics functional. I am thinking about purchasing nvidia >>> gtx 750ti. can anyone confirm if its supported by drivers and is capable >>> of >>> hardware acceleration? if not, what current day gpu should i look for? I >>> am >>> not a gamer, but I do like watching 1080p movies/trailers etc. >>> >>> Please let me know. >>> >> >> Yes a Nvidia GTX 750ti is supported by the closed source binary driver >> according to https://www.nvidia.com/download/index.aspx (enter your data >> and you end up at >> https://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/90283/en-us). >> >> A GTX 750ti is a bit overpowered for light desktop and media usage but >> based on a dated microarchitecture and lacks hardware support for the >> upcoming h.265 video codec. >> >> Nvidia drops support for old hardware in their driver from time to time >> and newer chips have a lower idle power consumption for a given peak >> performance so you might want to look for a GPU with a newer >> microarchitecture. The GTX950 would be a good fit but the nvidia driver >> port is not yet up to version 352.41 which adds support for the GTX950. >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > >