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On 06/28/15 02:31, Rob Byrnes wrote:
>
> If you aren't doing 3D anything then it s probably not worth spending 
> money on a new card.
>
> Just my 2c
> Rob
>

I want to upgrade the card to run with win7 and I need it to work also 
with Freebsd

> On 28/06/2015 12:03 am, "Baho Utot" <baho-utot@columbus.rr.com 
> <mailto:baho-utot@columbus.rr.com>> wrote:
>
>     I am looking to upgrade my graphics card from a Radeon HD6770 to
>     an AMD 290.  This work station dual boots
>     FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE-p10 #0: Wed May 13 06:54:13 UTC 2015
>     root@amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64
>     and win7.   This will be for email, web browsing etc,  no 3D
>     rendering required.
>
>     I have looked at https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics and it states
>     that the card is not supported.
>
>     Is any one currently using an AMD R9 series graphics card?
>
>     If so can you give my some feedback on upgrading to an AMD R9?
>
>     What works/doesn't work etc
>
>     Thanks
>
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