I am looking for a new graphics card for my linux machine. I have had a few different AMD cards (currently Radeon HD 7660D on board) and have never been very happy with how well the AMD cards have worked on Linux. Specifically the dual monitior support always seems a little wonky and I have a fair amount of compatibility issues with software.
My usage is really light gaming. My son plays Minecraft and we both play some of the Steam linux offerings such as Poral. I do some 3D modeling but nothing too crazy. I don't need high performance so much as I am looking better operability. I assume that most of the AMD issues are driver related (have tried the open source, proprietary and Catylist) and nothing seems to work very well. After being disappointed in a few AMD cards and doing some research it looks as though it may be time to look at NVIDIA offerings. I had read the recent GT610 review on this site and thoght that it might be a low risk option to get my feet wet with NVIDIA products but don't want to be disappointed due to it being a low end card.
I am certainly not looking to start a AMD/NVIDIA war. I am just hoping that I can get some helpful input on a good NVIDIA card to try out for my type of usage. Please let me know if I can answer additional questions to help narrow down a choice that will be good for my needs.
Thanks!
My usage is really light gaming. My son plays Minecraft and we both play some of the Steam linux offerings such as Poral. I do some 3D modeling but nothing too crazy. I don't need high performance so much as I am looking better operability. I assume that most of the AMD issues are driver related (have tried the open source, proprietary and Catylist) and nothing seems to work very well. After being disappointed in a few AMD cards and doing some research it looks as though it may be time to look at NVIDIA offerings. I had read the recent GT610 review on this site and thoght that it might be a low risk option to get my feet wet with NVIDIA products but don't want to be disappointed due to it being a low end card.
I am certainly not looking to start a AMD/NVIDIA war. I am just hoping that I can get some helpful input on a good NVIDIA card to try out for my type of usage. Please let me know if I can answer additional questions to help narrow down a choice that will be good for my needs.
Thanks!
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