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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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. >> _______________________________________________ >> [email protected] mailing list >> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" >> > > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
