Re: Status of i5-3xxx graphics support
Niclas Zeising <[email protected]>
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On 2020-11-09 17:59, Andrea Venturoli wrote: > Hello. > > Since, as I previously wrote, my Radeon cards are not working well with > drm-kmod + radeonkms and I cannot seem to fix this, I'm evaluating what > to do. > > > > I have another system with an i5-3470 (Ivy Bridge/HD Graphics 2500, > isn't it?) that I could swap with the one I'm writing from. > How is the status of its support? > > Is it supported by drm-kmod and the latest version of the graphic stack? > Are there any known issues/limitation? > Will it be supported for some time or is it already considered legacy? > > I have a Sandy Bridge Pentium laptop and it has always suffered from > (not so) occasional screen tearing. Is this a known problem that would > affect the i5 too? This CPU and GPU should work fine with drm-fbsd12.0-kmod or drm-current-kmod (depending on if you are on FreeBSD 12 or current). I don't know about tearing issues, I have not experienced it myself to any extent, across several versions of intel GPUs. > > Will it support dual monitor? I see no reason it wouldn't. > > > > Out of curiosity, MB specs say: > - 1 x HDMI® port with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @60Hz > - 1 x DVI-D port with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @60Hz > - 1 x VGA port with max. resolution up to 2048x1536 @75Hz > > I thought max resolution depended on the CPU, not the MB. Am I wrong? > VGA doesn't have the bandwidth to handle full HD resolution. Regards -- Niclas _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"