My focus in on consumer cards - I most likely won't be testing any other cards then the ones already listed listed in this thread (+ some mobile chipset).

You can already install the first alpha driver and check if you cards are recognized.

works on my old GT210 attemp to buy on GTX950 great deadwood

Sorry for the delay in testing. This is on my i7 machine using the iso from the first post installed to USB with the hidd from post 35.

Using my 8400 via VGA - boots fine, many screen resolutions listed and I was able to set one of 1900x1200.

Swapping in an 970 using the digital connector, boot seemed to go OK up until the end of the kernel messages ('keyboard reset failed' but then just a blank, black screen. No change with other boot options or adding 'noacpi'.

Cheers,
Nigel.

About 970 - I bought GTX 950 and learned that it requires firmware loading. It will be added, but it is not the focus right now. If you have some spare cash and still would like to get something better than 8400 I'd suggest everything from 2xx up to 6xx series.

Thanks for the clarification, I was also thinking about upgrading my computer

Thanks for letting me know, tt was the card that came with the computer. I'll be happy to go back to the 8400 for the moment :-).

Cheers,
Nigel.

That's interesting then that the 750ti worked. It's actually a Maxwell based gpu, but just named "750ti" (9x0 series).
Do you know why that may be? Would/should all Maxwell gpu's require firmware loading?
Just for my own geek curiosity

Hard to say TBH. What I observe is that my GTX 750 works (Maxwell) but my GTX 950 already requires firmware. Also someone else has GTX 760 which give similar symptoms to my GTX 950.

After two painful weeks of debuging, here is Alpha-2!

https://axrt.org/development/nouveau.hidd-20260613-47.4.zip

Please test on your hardware and report back.

Fixes:
- stabilized booting and removed timing issues
- stabilized resolution switching
- tested on 8500GT, 8400GS, 9500GT, GT220, GTS450, GTX 550TI, 2xGT630, GTX650, GTX750

Known issues:
- doesn't work on GTX 950 - firmware loading missing
- after selecting resolution in Prefs/ScreenMode everything will freeze for ~10 seconds, just wait

If you would like to support my work, please consider donating:

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/4deadwood

Donations will be used to purchase more hardware for testing.

works on my GT 210 1Gb

@ deadwood

Test nouveau.hidd-20260613-47.4

Laptop HP ENVY 15-k112nl, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M, is not yet supported

Laptop ACER ASpire 5920, NVIDIA GeForce 8600M, a black screen with a white line at the top of the screen.

Tested unsuccessfully on the following and results/symptoms were identical to original driver:

275 gtx
460 gts
570 gtx
660 gtx
660 ti
780 gtx
960 gtx
970 gtx

Tested and working:

8600gts (didnt with last driver)
440gt (did with last driver)
650 gtx (didnt with last driver)

The other differences I noticed were that with some non working cards fans now turn off at the time Wanderer would normally show and that there seems to be more resolution options for working cards. Take this with a grain of salt as its possible I just hadnt noticed last time, but Im reasonably sure its accurate.

Will do more testing shortly.

Hmm, that's quite weird for the 4xx, 5xx and 6xx series. Which output are you using? VGA or DVI?

Generally DVI, but cards that have had both Ive sometimes tested with both. Same with if there's multiple DVI outputs (ie. tested both).

We are moving ahead with functionality, here is Beta-1:

https://axrt.org/development/nouveau.hidd-20260624-47.5.zip

https://axrt.org/development/gfxbench.zip

Fixes:
- enabled 2D acceleration on Tesla and Fermi cards - you can use gfxbench to test it, be sure to have your screen in 1024x768x24 for comparable results
- tested on GTX 550Ti, FTX 750 (no 2D acceleration) and 8500GT

Known issues:
- doesn't work on GTX 950 - firmware loading missing
- after selecting resolution in Prefs/ScreenMode everything will freeze for ~10 seconds, just wait

Below are results on my GTX 550Ti (up to 10x better then with VESA driver):

*PixelArray benchmark 1024x576*
||Test||Blits/s||MB/s||
| WritePixelArray RECTFMT_RGB FW|973.90|2191|
| WritePixelArray RECTFMT_RGB HW|2114.46|4757|
| WritePixelArray RECTFMT_ARGB FW|955.60|2150|
| WritePixelArray RECTFMT_ARGB HW|2043.78|4598|
| WritePixelArray RECTFMT_RGBA FW|817.86|1840|
| WritePixelArray RECTFMT_RGBA HW|1545.13|3476|
| WritePixelArray RECTFMT_RGB16PC FW|788.97|1775|
| WritePixelArray RECTFMT_RGB16PC HW|1503.32|3382|
| WritePixelArray RECTFMT_LUT8 FW|55.70|125|
| WritePixelArray RECTFMT_LUT8 HW|65.13|146|
| ReadPixelArray RECTFMT_RGB FW|796.63|1792|
| ReadPixelArray RECTFMT_RGB HW|1496.11|3366|
| ReadPixelArray RECTFMT_ARGB FW|1096.34|2466|
| ReadPixelArray RECTFMT_ARGB HW|2193.99|4936|
| ReadPixelArray RECTFMT_RGBA FW|832.99|1874|
| ReadPixelArray RECTFMT_RGBA HW|1580.03|3555|
| ReadPixelArray RECTFMT_RGB16PC FW|814.77|1833|
| ReadPixelArray RECTFMT_RGB16PC HW|1552.69|3493|
| WritePixelArrayAlpha RECTFMT_ARGB FW|276.96|623|
| WritePixelArrayAlpha RECTFMT_ARGB HW|608.86|1369|


*Text benchmark 1024x576*
||Test||Blits/s||MB/s||
|JAM1, NON-ANTIALIASED, LEN 100|192.63|433|
|JAM2, NON-ANTIALIASED, LEN 100|271.62|611|
|COMPLEMENT, NON-ANTIALIASED, LEN 100|176.75|397|
|JAM1, ANTIALIASED, LEN 100|153.56|345|
|JAM2, ANTIALIASED, LEN 100|203.20|457|
|COMPLEMENT, ANTIALIASED, LEN 100|196.06|441|
|JAM1, NON-ANTIALIASED, LEN 5|181.67|408|
|JAM2, NON-ANTIALIASED, LEN 5|32.12|72|
|COMPLEMENT, NON-ANTIALIASED, LEN 5|8.65|19|
|JAM1, ANTIALIASED, LEN 5|4.98|11|
|JAM2, ANTIALIASED, LEN 5|30.35|68|
|COMPLEMENT, ANTIALIASED, LEN 5|6.72|15|

The Tesla is an add-on board, it doesn't have connectors, it needs to be used with another board

To clarify: By Tesla and Fermi I mean all cards starting from GF8**** and ending with GTX 5xx series. I'm starting to work right now to get 2D acceleration for GTX 6xx - 7xx series.

I replaced the driver, but when I start Wanderer, everything freezes, even the cursor, and I have to turn off the computer. Thanks anyway, I'll wait for a new release. I have an NVIDIA GT 210 1 GB

Would it be possible to post a quick demo comparing the hardware-accelerated version with the non-accelerated version? Seeing both versions in the same scenarios would be a great way to showcase the real benefits of the advancements that await us in the future.

@Amiwell79

Does it happen right after boot or after screen resolution change?

@pixie

The non-accelerated driver is a temporary stage - it's not going to be used for anything else then initial tests. If all goes well we should get 2D acceleration on all supported cards in a couple of days, so get a supported card (up to GTX 750) and test how it works for you.