From owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Sat Sep 5 01:04:59 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 B592A9CB416 for ; Sat, 5 Sep 2015 01:04:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dot.yet@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ob0-x233.google.com (mail-ob0-x233.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c01::233]) (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 78BF46D4 for ; Sat, 5 Sep 2015 01:04:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dot.yet@gmail.com) Received: by obqa2 with SMTP id a2so29272742obq.3 for ; Fri, 04 Sep 2015 18:04:58 -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=GBX0Vogpa08iTWG/Ycnv/k2g8h45vnj4MViawR1aDI8=; b=0Wfa+puxMnck4tMAsqWi9CnKcobGlsw/y/ypkDtHb3v9vgIdzdxckr1JA/lVSY7hnE N+PJCIi02jxPncqGETaFechzE4Qh9xGO603m+N/cFZqVPgIY4tBshLcjW3n2eXnrvb8H XkRPQxFPQhTPrueRxe+hIeEO+tRJADgPwI4nKIyUzPcigYU/ipPaUW4J9u3BT34RPDBX sy385vvj5TfCrS4Hb+3MA4se8cH2G+2Wu1y6be1wQgZo5TLHoBca8qf6kMJNVHQuprUd 6UzK4mM5K3qtp8IBwunr42hA9wfF0G03JUGdnPRYaGsu9KYVnMntE9yIsOXLQZr52XvE SO7Q== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.60.69.200 with SMTP id g8mr5623244oeu.40.1441415098806; Fri, 04 Sep 2015 18:04:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.76.99.146 with HTTP; Fri, 4 Sep 2015 18:04:58 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <55E9B5AF.50106@rlwinm.de> <55E9D33E.80009@gwdg.de> Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 21:04:58 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: GPU suggestion: gtx 750ti From: Dot Yet To: Rainer Hurling Cc: Jan Bramkamp , 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: Sat, 05 Sep 2015 01:04:59 -0000 one thing though, there is some minor tearing, not sure if there is away to fix it. any suggestions? thx. . On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 9:03 PM, Dot Yet wrote: > So, I went ahead an bought a much cheaper card :) GT 720 for CAD70! > > followed the instructions mentioned here: > https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/howto-setup-xorg-with-nvidias-driver.52311/, > used the drives from x11/nvidia-driver binary package. > > Happy Camper!! > > Wonderful graphics! and 4k videos look amazing :) dual monitor setup, both > monitors discovered automatically, I just had to fix their placement in > xfce. > > Thanks everyone for their opinion and help. Enjoy the weekend! > > tjx. > . > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 1:22 PM, Rainer Hurling wrote: > >> Am 04.09.2015 um 18:11 schrieb Dot Yet: >> > Seems 950 is supported now though: >> > >> > http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/90283/en-us >> >> Yes, there is a binary driver for 950 at NVidia, but AFAIK it does not >> exist as a port on FreeBSD until now. >> >> Because there a some new internal changes in the driver and its file and >> directory structure, the port has to be adopted to these changes. O. >> Hartmann makes a suggestion for a patch almost one month ago [1]. >> >> HTH, >> Rainer >> >> [1] https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=202228 >> >> > >> > 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. >> >> >