Radeon HD 6850 support

[Insomniac0des]

Hey Everyone,

I am getting his new graphics card for my build, and since I'm gonna install Linux, I wanted to ask if Xorg supports ATI Radeon HD 6850 gpu. The card I'm buying is :

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102908

So far I have used on-board graphics card, so I wasn't sure if it is supported by Linux. A little research did reveal that ATI's proprietary drivers are buggy and don't seem to work.

and is there any open source drivers ?
Thank you.

 

[skittle]

Yes, 6xxx series have been supported since ~feb 2011.
http://www.x.org/wiki/radeon/