[olug] [OT] Video Card Recommendation

[T. J. Brumfield]

I just bought a Radeon HD 5750 for $150 on NewEgg. I haven't tested it
under Linux yet as I just bought it. It has DirectX 11 support in
Windows.

ATI doesn't list it on their site as being supported under the current
Catalyst Linux drivers, but a Phoronix article said they did get it
running with a test build of the drivers, and that it would be
supported then the new ATI drivers were released in early November.

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd_juniper&num=1

It is a low-powering drawing card that runs cool and quiet. It can
handle 3 displays by itself. Paired with another 57xx series card, you
can run 6 displays in ATI's Eyefinity setup.

Most PCIE cards these days can handle 2 displays just fine.

-- T. J.


On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 8:13 AM, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
> DYNATRON tech <dynatron at gmail.com> wrote:
>> you may want to consider dual video cards for dual monitors, otherwise
>> you are splitting resources on the single card.
>
> <aric at omahax.com> wrote:
>> I don't mean to sound like a douche bag, but come on......really?
>> You're using an AGP card and a PCI card and your concerned about a 16x PCIE
>> 2.0 card splitting resources?
>
> I agree with Aric that the throughput of a "split 16x PCIE" card will
> be much better than the AGP card.
>
> But, the original poster asked about multiple people using the system
> at one time.  It's possible that the video card driver might not play
> nice and if one users X desktop needs to refresh for a login/logout,
> it's possible that the person on the shared display might see some
> video hic-ups.
>
> On the other hand, once you get all users logged in this is probably a
> moot point.
>
> Dan
>
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