ok, thanks for the clarification.
2016-09-08 18:49 GMT+02:00, Bryan Vyhmeister <br...@bsdjournal.net>:
> On Fri, Sep 09, 2016 at 02:44:33AM +1000, Jonathan Gray wrote:
>> > Am I understanding that using a newer, say Radeon HD 7750 or HD 7870
>> > card, with the modesetting(4) Xorg driver would work as long as there
>> > is
>> > kernel support (which there is)? That would obviously not allow for
>> > 2d/3d acceleration.
>>
>> For cape verde, pitcairn and tahiti based designs with pci ids recognised
>> by the kernel, yes. The marketing names don't encode the generation
>> of the hardware and radeon product lines often reuse older generation
>> designs rebadged.
>
> Thank you for the clarification. I will have to try out one of those
> cards.
>
> Bryan
