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From: Matthew Macy <mmacy@nextbsd.org>
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Subject: Re: What graphics card for FreeBSD HTPC/Media (NVidia vs Radeon)
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 ---- On Wed, 28 Sep 2016 16:30:27 -0700 Neel Chauhan <neel@neelc.org> wrote ---- 
 >  >So, which way? Nvidia / AMD Radeon? 
 >  >Or - will be better support for HD 8240 integrated graphics soon? 
 >  
 > Nvidia certainly has the upper edge right now (thanks to their FreeBSD  
 > driver), but if you are willing to live with a development tree, you  
 > could also use your HD 8240 which should be supported soon (probably a  
 > few months). 
 >  

At some point the latest AMD GPUs will be a good pick. Unfortunately, we're not there yet and may not be until next year.

Thus, Nvidia is the way to go for the mid-term future.
-M