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From: Tirifto <tirifto@posteo.cz>
To: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Desktop graphics cards with working acceleration?
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2020 13:07:35 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200730130735.302043d7@posteo.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200729201132.15303c7b@mailbox.org>

Hello!

Le Wed, 29 Jul 2020 20:11:32 -0500,
Matthew Brooks <matthewfbrooks@mailbox.org> a écrit :

> Does anyone happen to know of any desktop graphics cards that have
> working acceleration for basic gaming (compatible with a PCI express
> x16 slot)? My laptop has an integrated intel card, so it can play
> basic stuff (Doom, etc.) just fine, but my desktop pretty much turns
> anything gaming related into a slideshow, despite it having far
> better specs, since my current card requires proprietary drivers for
> proper performance.
> 
> I did a bit of internet searching, but didn't find any results that
> looked relevant.

There is a database of libre-software-compatible hardware at
<h-node.org>, hosted by the Free Software Foundation. While it’s
probably missing a lot of devices, searching for video cards with PCI-e
interface and working 3D acceleration yields quite a few results¹, so
you could look into those.

Best wishes
// Tirifto

1.
https://h-node.org/videocards/catalogue/en/1/1/undef/undef/works_with_3D/PCI-E/video-card-works/undef


  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-07-30 11:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-07-30  1:11 Desktop graphics cards with working acceleration? Matthew Brooks
2020-07-30  8:23 ` zloster
2020-07-30 11:07 ` Tirifto [this message]
2020-07-30 11:50   ` zloster

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