Grant Edwards wrote: > 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 > > >
I've often thought of trying ATI or something but just never did. My video cards tend to age out too because of driver issues. From a cost perspective, I kinda get it. Still, I hate pitching a otherwise working card. Thanks for the info. More stuff to think on. Dale :-) :-)
