Hi !! I am using NVIDIA FX3800 Graphics card for my programming applications.
Can somebody please tell if its architecture (FX3800 specific or the series' specific) is available anywhere, I have tried but either I get general GPU architecture or Fermi. Thanks! Regards Disha Goel GNOC Tools Support Engineer GS MS Services NSN Noida +919654282816 01204596216 *Losers Quit When They Fail,Winners Fail Until They Succeed ..* On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 3:11 AM, Sharad Birmiwal <[email protected]>wrote: > On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Alok Singh Mahor <[email protected]> > wrote: > > source: > > > http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2014&Itemid=47 > > > > NVIDIA's open-source Linux efforts as it concerns their GPU support have > > historically been minimal. The xf86-video-nv driver has been around that > > provides very basic 2D acceleration and a crippled set of features > besides > > that (no proper RandR 1.2/1.3, KMS, power management, etc) while the code > > has also been obfuscated to try to protect their intellectual property. > > However, NVIDIA has decided to deprecate this open-source driver of > theirs. > > No, NVIDIA is not working on a new driver. No, NVIDIA is not going to > > support the Nouveau project. Instead, NVIDIA now just recommends its > users > > use the X.Org VESA driver to get to NVIDIA.com when installing Linux so > they > > can install their proprietary driver. > > > > This xf86-video-nv announcement is coming as the GeForce 400 "Fermi" > > graphics cards launch. NVIDIA will not be providing open-source support > for > > Fermi or any future NVIDIA products. NVIDIA will continue barely > supporting > > xf86-video-nv only as it concerns existing GPUs and functionality and > what > > they see "within reason" future versions of the X.Org Server. NVIDIA will > > also not support DisplayPort on any GPU with the open-source NVIDIA > driver. > > > I think the title is very misleading. It misses the fact that NVIDIA > will continue providing their proprietary drivers for Linux. > > To shed some more light, from the original article > [http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=nvidia_kills_nv&num=1] > > "NVIDIA will continue supporting their high-performance, feature-rich > proprietary Unix driver on Linux / FreeBSD / OpenSolaris systems, but > they are kissing goodbye to xf86-video-nv. This is not a bad thing per > se as the Nouveau driver is certainly a superior solution, but it is > unfortunate that NVIDIA will not be supporting the Nouveau > development, releasing open-source documentation, or providing other > open-source support like their competitors at ATI/AMD and Intel have > done and continue to do in supporting X.Org. In fact, NVIDIA is now > less open-source friendly with their deprecation of xf86-video-nv > support. It was inevitable that NVIDIA would drop xf86-video-nv once > the Nouveau driver took off, but their decision to recommend the VESA > driver over even mentioning Nouveau is a pity and it's a shame they > are not announcing any support of this community free software > driver." > > > SB > > -- > l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to iitdlug+ > unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE > ME" as the subject. > -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm To unsubscribe from this group, send email to iitdlug+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
