Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 13:10:56 +0000 From: Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, "dcbdbis@centurylink.net" <dcbdbis@centurylink.net> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 11 and AMD RX 480 GPU Message-ID: <VI1PR02MB0974A47CD1B4EF521384E878F6850@VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> In-Reply-To: <mailman.131.1481112002.99456.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> References: <mailman.131.1481112002.99456.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
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On 12/07/16 17:30, freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org wrote: > Good evening all, > > I have removed my NVidia card in my system, and replaced it with the > subject GPU. On the wiki, it does not list my card, and the wiki seems > to be a tad old - thus this email. When I re-install FreeBSD 11, what > kind of graphics support will I have? VESA? Or? Basically, what can I > expect? The AMDGPU(open source) package seems to work in the Linux world > when I boot a live CD for testing. But I don't have a live CD for > FreeBSD that uses a desktop - and thus graphics. > Hi Dave, As per a post at freebsd-x11 I read a couple of days back, AMDGPU is=20 still downstream in FreeBSD - and will likely remain that way till mid 2017= . If you are looking to run your AMD GPU under FreeBSD, your best option=20 for the time being probably is TrueOS (the successor to PC-BSD). I am a bit surprised that you replaced your NVidia card for a new GPU=20 without first checking on its support under FreeBSD. Regards Manish Jain
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