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[207.236.125.61]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id k20sm1219681qtb.34.2020.09.17.19.06.52 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 17 Sep 2020 19:06:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Maxim Cournoyer To: Yasuaki Kudo Subject: Re: Please recommend zero-hassle video card for GUIX References: <20200917020549.BEBA87314B@mail1.g12.pair.com> Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 22:07:51 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20200917020549.BEBA87314B@mail1.g12.pair.com> (Yasuaki Kudo's message of "Thu, 17 Sep 2020 11:05:48 +0900") Message-ID: <87lfh7zvk8.fsf@gmail.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2607:f8b0:4864:20::72c; envelope-from=maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com; helo=mail-qk1-x72c.google.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: No matching host in p0f cache. That's all we know. X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-guix@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Guix Help Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" X-Scanner: scn0 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=qR54fM1Q; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of help-guix-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=help-guix-bounces@gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -1.71 X-TUID: yeA9SgKucZCj Hello Yasuaki, Yasuaki Kudo writes: > Hi, > > As per the subject-line, what is the very best video chip/card for GUIX? = My criteria: > > =E2=80=A2 I use AMD Ryzen 5 CPU (The chip has no integrated video feature= enabled) > =E2=80=A2 I currently use NVIDIA with proprietary driver support provided= by > corresponding NixOS packages but now I am considering switching from > NixOS to Guix =E2=80=93 so I prefer to have a video card that runs native= ly > without proprietary driver enabling gimmick. > =E2=80=A2 The video card should behave normally =E2=80=93 there should be= no performance degradation in 2D/3D/video, etc. Behaving normally is an easy target, but "no performance degradation in 2D/3D/video less so, because I'm not sure a GPU exists that can do video decoding without a binary blob. I'm currently using an old nVIDIA 8800 GTS on my desktop with the nouveau driver. 2D and 3D seems fine and stable (I don't play games though), but it doesn't accelerate videos, so some applications will use a lot of CPU. At work, I use another nVIDIA card (GeForce GTX 680) with similar results (good desktop performance, no video acceleration). I don't know what the landscape looks like on the AMD side, but I know their recent cards boasting the free AMDGPU driver are nearly useless without the binary blobs (no 3D support, and that's if you're lucky that it doesn't leave you on a black screen at boot). You can view reports of video hardware at h-node.org [0]. Hope that helps! Maxim [0] https://h-node.org/videocards/catalogue/en