On 2024-04-17, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > I still use Nvidia and use nvidia drivers. I to run into problems > on occasion with drivers and kernels. When you switched from > Nvidia, what did you switch too? Do you still use drivers you > install or kernel drivers?
All in-tree kernel drivers for integrated GPUs: * Intel UHD Graphics 620 * Intel HD Graphics 4000 * Intel Xeon E3-1200 * AMD Picasso Radeon Vega After I had to recycle my second perfectly functional NVidia card simply because NVidia stopped driver support, I got fed up. I tried the open-source nvidia drivers for those cards, but could never get multiple screens to work. > How well does the video system work? In other words, plenty fast > enough for what you do. They're all fast enough for what I do (no heavy gaming, but I do play with an RC flight simulator). All will drive at least two digital monitors. The last machine that had an NVidia card removed is also the oldest of the machines (Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H Intel i5-3570K w/ HD 4000 graphics), and it's happily driving three monitors (1 HDMI, 1 DVI, 1 DP). When running the flight-sim, the newest of them (the AMD/Radeon) is noticeably smoother and runs at higher frame rates than the older Intel GPUs. I didn't really have any complaints about the older ones, but I don't expect a real gamer would have been satisfied with the Intel ones. > I don't do any sort of heavy gaming. Since I have a nice game on my > cell phone now, I play it almost all the time. I can't recall > playing a game of solitaire on my computer in a long while. My > biggest thing, two video ports, one for monitor and one for TV. > Most TV videos aren't very high def but some are 1080P. That's all > my TV can handle. They all seem to handle HD video playback just fine. How many and what type of monitors can be driven is very much dependent on the motherboard. -- Grant
