Hello, I'm curious if anybody here does have experience with AMD FirePro 2270 (passively cooled/multi-monitor card) on recent OpenBSD. Thanks! Karel
On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 9:35 AM, <li...@wrant.com> wrote: > Tue, 20 Sep 2016 13:32:11 +0200 Jean Louis <lart...@gmail.com> >> Hello, >> >> I have recently installed OpenBSD for the first time on some hardware I >> would like to use now as an OpenBSD workstation (motherboard Asus P6T >> deluxe, processor Intel i7 920, I bought it ~10 years ago) > > Hi Jean Louis, > > I have found the passive (no fan, ~20W) single slot Radeon HD-5450 and > HD-6450 (PCI-E) work fine on a ~10 year-old motherboard of the similar > generations. These video cards had to be put in the other PCI-E slot, > they successfully work with a 27" 2560x1440 (dual link DVI), and a 17" > 1280x1024 (VGA), simultaneously with no Xorg configuration file, lower > heat output, and low power usage capable of running fine on stock PSU. > You can buy them new inexpensive from various providers e.g. Sapphire. > > Kind regards, > Anton > >> Install worked fine :) >> >> But I didn't manage to configure Xorg and change my display resolution >> because I am running an Nvidia 660 GTX and I read Nvidia video cards are >> not very well supported by OpenBSD (because of their own policies on driver >> publication). >> >> I searched on the documentation but didn't found a list with recommended >> video cards for OpenBSD, except avoiding Nvidia ones. I would like to buy a >> new video card (with some preference for a passive cooling model) but I >> don't know what to choose, so your assistance / advice here would be >> greatly appreciated. >> >> If I can run OpenBSD 6.0 with success on a new video card, it would be my >> pleasure to buy you in the future CD distributions and to make donations to >> support your work, as I have huge respect for your awesome distribution and >> am also very worried about NSA global surveillance rise, showing no respect >> on basic privacy rights... >> >> Long live MIT and Berkeley's great researchers on security computing ! >> >> Regards
