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GPU advice for Debian stretch?

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I'm currently using an AMD "APU" system with integrated Radeon HD6530D 
graphics (yes, that's a component from 2011; the computer still works 
fine). This is kind of awkward when considering moving to stretch:

* The DKMS-support package for the fglrx proprietary driver will not be 
available for stretch.
* The radeon free driver *still* isn't on par with fglrx on my hardware. 
fglrx gave me OpenGL 4.4; radeon gives me 3.3 and visibly inferior 
performance.
* The amdgpu free driver (which I'm guessing won't be in stretch except 
via backports anyway) doesn't support my hardware.

I don't have the money to replace my computer right now, so I'm looking 
at the number-and-letter soup of PCI Express discrete graphics cards. 
Any recommendations? Not looking for some all-singing all-dancing thing 
with seventeen fans, just something that - with the drivers available 
for stretch - will get me at least as much performance and capability as 
my current chip achieves with its proprietary driver.

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GPU advice for Debian stretch? Martin Read <zen75502@zen.co.uk> - 2017-04-05 15:00 +0200
  Re: GPU advice for Debian stretch? Joshua Schaeffer <jschaeffer0922@gmail.com> - 2017-04-05 19:30 +0200
    Re: GPU advice for Debian stretch? Martin Read <zen75502@zen.co.uk> - 2017-04-05 23:20 +0200
  Re: GPU advice for Debian stretch? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-04-05 19:40 +0200
  Re: GPU advice for Debian stretch? Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2017-04-05 19:50 +0200
  Re: GPU advice for Debian stretch? deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-04-05 20:10 +0200
    Re: GPU advice for Debian stretch? Nikunj Sharma <nsharma@tesla.com> - 2017-04-05 22:00 +0200

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