On 3/7/19 7:19 AM, Chris Bennett wrote: > I've avoided anything with Nvidia like the plague. > But it just occurred to me to ask, ignoring X completely and never > running it, are the rest of the Nvidia parts supported or is Nvidia > anything a total no-go? > > Thanks, > Chris Bennett > >
it..varies. A few couple years ago, I retired an nvidia chipped system I used as a firewall for a few years. Disk I/O was slow, USB support seemed slow (I was booting from a USB flash drive). NICs were some em(4) and dc(4) add-in cards. However, it pumped packets around just fine, but the rest of the machine was "eh". So... If you end up with an nvidia powered machine in your pile, give it a try and see how it works for *your application*. If you are buying, no, I'd just avoid it, the alternatives work better. Nick.
