Hello Anton, Thank you very much for your awesome help !
I was aiming for a ~3000-7000 ATI Radeon video based on what I read on the Internet but you really helped me there to avoid wrong choices while buying. I feel grateful for your nice gesture, thanks again. Anyway as you said even if for some reason I might have troubles again to fix resolution, they are quite cheap so no worries ! If I manage to fix this first resolution issue in the future it will be my pleasure to support OpenBSD developpers in the future by buying you 6.1 or other products ! Feels so great when you type "tcpdump -i yournetworkinterface" and you just see packets filtered :) so packet filter all the way !! I really like the OpenBSD philosophy on documentation, the idea that you improve yourself by learning progressively, that OpenBSD developpers do things that work or they avoid doing it and that they rely on the Internet to change this way. A great headlight into the night :) I can't wait to receive my new video card and discover Unix/BSD world :) Kind regards Le mercredi 21 septembre 2016, <li...@wrant.com> a écrit : > 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
