Hardware Compatibility: HP 247 G8 (Ryzen 5 3500U / Vega 8 / RTL8822CE)

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Hello,

I’m considering running FreeBSD on my daily-driver laptop and would appreciate feedback on hardware compatibility and any known pain points. I’m comfortable with manual configuration and troubleshooting, but I’d like to understand the current state of driver and power-management support before committing.

System specifications:​

  • Model: HP 247 G8 Notebook PC
  • CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3500U (Picasso, 4C/8T)
  • GPU: AMD Radeon Vega 8 (Picasso / Raven2 APU)
  • Wireless: Realtek RTL8822CE (802.11ac, PCIe)
  • Ethernet: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCIe Gigabit
  • Storage: 512 GB NVMe (planning to use ZFS)
  • Audio: AMD Raven/Raven2 HDMI/DP audio + Ryzen HD Audio

Specific questions / concerns:​


Graphics:What is the current state of drm-kmod / amdgpu support for Picasso (Vega 8)? Is it stable for general desktop use (X11 or Wayland-based desktops), ignoring peak performance?

Wireless:I see that rtw88 has been ported to FreeBSD. How reliable is the RTL8822CE at this point? Is native support considered usable, or is wifibox still the recommended solution for this chipset?

Power management / suspend:HP Ryzen laptops are known to have ACPI quirks. Has anyone had reliable S3 suspend/resume working on this model or similar Picasso-based systems?

Audio:Does snd_hda work reasonably well with Raven/Raven2 audio (including headphone jack detection and HDMI/DP audio), or should I expect manual tuning via device.hints?

I’m fine using Ethernet during installation, but Wi-Fi reliability and suspend/resume are my main quality-of-life concerns.

Any firsthand experience with similar hardware would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
 
Hi, i am running FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE on a HP Probook x360, which also uses the RTL8822CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter from Realtek. The native support (rtw88/rtw8822c_fw.bin) is usable for me. The only issue is that when I reboot the system, then I can't establish a connection using the wifi.
Code: 
service netif restart
doesn't help, either. Only a shutdown solves the issue.
 
I am using Lenovo Thinkpad T495 which has
AMD Radeon(TM) Vega 8 Graphics
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U w/ Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx

and on FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE-p7 I do not have a problem. I have installed drm-61-kmod.
With Inkscape, GIMP3 and FreeCAD I do not have a problem.
 
Thanks for the feedbacks

tivolo: That’s really helpful about the RTL8822CE. Do you find the Wi-Fi stays stable once it’s connected after a shutdown, or do you see occasional timeouts?

fernandel: Great to hear the Vega 8 is solid with drm-61-kmod on your Thinkpad. Since we share a similar APU, I’m curious; does S3 suspend/resume work for you, or do you usually just power off?

I’ll keep an eye on the Wi-Fi reboot issue and might explore wifibox if it becomes too inconvenient. The stable GPU support makes me feel confident to start the install. Thanks again!
 
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