On Sun, 03 Feb 2013 08:53:49 -0700, Gary Aitken wrote: > On 02/03/13 03:33, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > I'm considering buying this Thinkpad T61p laptop: > > http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321063105251 > > > > It lists this graphics card: > > > > NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M > > > > I'm not sure what driver, if any, will support it. > > > > There seems to be the official Nvidia FreeBSD driver > > provided for it: > > > > http://www.nvidia.com/object/freebsd_100.14.09.html > > > > but this apparently has to be installed outside of > > the ports tree. > > > > xf86-video-nv drivers list several other Quadro cards, > > but not specifically 570M. > > > > Maybe somebody has used this card, so can give a > > definite reply? > > I can't specifically address that issue, but according to this page: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/compiz-fusion/nvidia-setup.html
This is how I got my nVidia card working. It's worth mentioning that the alternatives -- the "nv" driver (from X.org) and the "nouveau" driver -- did work, but had poor 3D performance. The proprietary driver by nVidia can be easily installed according to the article you've mentioned. > recent nvidia cards should be supported by the > x11/nvidia-driver port This is currently the most advanced driver for that brand. However, I had trouble with it when installing the 64 bit OS and I went "back" to 32 bit, so I can't tell if this has been improved. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
