On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 07:44:47PM -0700, Bryan Vyhmeister wrote: > On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 10:27:18PM +0300, li...@wrant.com wrote: > > Thu, 21 Jul 2016 11:45:01 -0700 Bryan Vyhmeister <br...@bsdjournal.net> > > > My goal for this project is to have an OpenBSD workstation (I run > > > -current) built around 4k displays. > > > > Short answer from user level: I'd personally get more 2560x1440 27" IPS > > monitors for now, and use the excess budget for another set of the same. > > You'd probably have to get a slightly older & cheaper video card (6450). > > I know of no justification for a 5K monitor yet, though I want one too.. > > I am not interested in a 5k monitor, only 4k monitors. I recognize the > Radeon HD 6450 cards work well. I have one now. I also have a 30-inch > 2560x1600 and 34-inch 3440x1440 monitor which all work well. I would > just like more screen real estate which is why 4k monitors are > interesting, particularly the 43-inch Dell P4317W. I would like some > feedback if the Radeon HD 7750 cards work decently with radeondrm(4). I
There is kernel support for TAHITI/PITCAIRN/CAPE VERDE southern islands but no userland acceleration as both 2d and 3d acceleration require LLVM. The marketing names are a mess, see https://www.x.org/wiki/RadeonFeature/ to decode them.
