From owner-freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Sat Jun 4 21:14:25 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76D82B6AF41 for ; Sat, 4 Jun 2016 21:14:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wam@hiwaay.net) Received: from fly.hiwaay.net (fly.hiwaay.net [216.180.54.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4558C1440 for ; Sat, 4 Jun 2016 21:14:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wam@hiwaay.net) Received: from kabini1.local (dynamic-216-186-209-65.knology.net [216.186.209.65] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0) by fly.hiwaay.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/fly) with ESMTP id u54LEMoD013027 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Sat, 4 Jun 2016 16:14:23 -0500 Subject: Re: laptop recommendations for radeon driver testing References: <1551a1b8b6d.dec889f4110266.157903038967158872@nextbsd.org> Cc: "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" From: "William A. Mahaffey III" Message-ID: Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2016 16:19:52 -0453.75 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.22 X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2016 21:14:25 -0000 On 06/04/16 16:09, Arto Pekkanen wrote: > I have no laptop recommendations for now (lack of information, need more > research), but in the mean time I can recommend this mini-ITX motherboard: > http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/QC5000-ITX/ > or > http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/QC5000-ITXWiFi/ > > So if you cannot find a suitable cheap laptop, you could try getting one > of these Asrock QC-5000 boards. > > I have this Asrock QC-5000/ITX (without wifi) on my server. It is the > best low-wattage NAS board I've ever used. Better than any Atom board > available, if you compare the wattage/performance ration and > features/price. It also has all the connectors you will ever need, > including video connectors. > > The brute performance of the integrated AMD A4/Kabini processor is > pretty mediocre compared to intel i3/i5/i7 and the like, but it is > enough to drive most common desktop applications. It probably does NOT > have enough power to render 1080p h264 video without GPU decoding, but > 720p should work. > > According to this wiki article, Kabini should be a GCN 2nd Generation: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_Core_Next#GCN_2nd_Generation_.22GCN_1.1.22_.28Sea_Islands.2C_HD_7790_and_Rx_290.2F260_Series.29 > > Also here it was mentioned that the HD 8330 in Kabini APUs is based on > the GCN architecture: > http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Radeon-HD-8330.92874.0.html > > I ordered one from Germany brand new, and it cost me only around 75 > euros (with shipping to Finland) at the time. Because these boards are > so cheap and awesome, it might be hard to find them sold used. > > On 04.06.2016 09:31, Matthew Macy wrote: >> I have an Ivy Bridge, a Haswell, a Skylake, and a Cherry Trail based system for testing i915 - along with an Arrandale (T410) on the way. I have a Thinkpad e565, a Fury X, and a Fury Nano for testing amdgpu. However, I have nothing that uses Radeon. After all the time I've put in to Intel (continue to put in :-/) I feel that I would be remiss in simply tossing the code out there and hoping that it works. This all a long winded way of saying please recommend a pre-GCN3 based laptop. >> >> >> I know I could easily obtain a card, but my desktop isn't for crash testing, and my servers are for network testing and network cards don't seem to cohabit well. At least when I tried to put a GTX980Ti in next to a Intel Niantic 10GigE card the system didn't boot. >> >> Thanks. >> >> -M >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list >> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I *think* I have one of those as well (is there a 'sysctl' incantation that will tell me ?), the board on this machine as I type this, *LOVE* it. Just wish the gfx acceleration worked ;-/ .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.