Looking for a new graphics card
Oct. 25th, 2013 11:07 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
robbat2So I'm hunting for a new graphics card, and my set of requirements make this a difficult quest. I welcome all suggestions, either as comments, or as email.
I haven't seen any passive cards in the new R7/R9 lines from ATI, not sure if those will come out later only
Requirements
- MUST be supported by the open-source Radeon or Noveau drivers.
- MUST support at least 3 digital displays (DVI/HDMI/DP etc, not VGA)
- SHOULD be cost less than $300
- SHOULD occupy only one PCI-e slot (trying to avoid double-height cards)
- SHOULD be passively cooled, or after-market water-cooled
- NICE TO HAVE: good 3D performance
Options so far (for further review)
Notes
I have tried the following cards already without success:
- Galaxy MDT X4 GeForce210
This card implements 4 DVI in a design like a pair of inline Matrox DualHead2Go units, it mucked badly with the EDID and crashed Noveau. - Matrox ??? older 3 or 4-head card: only first output supported on open-source driver
- Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 OC Edition: radeon driver very buggy when DP used and other outputs
For reference, my monitors are 2x Dell U2410, 1x Dell U2413. So I have DVI/HDMI/DP on all displays, and the U2413 has DP1.2 MST as well.
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Date: 2013-10-26 10:46 pm (UTC)"He's right with the requirements making it a bit difficult but it looks like he's on the right track.
I haven't yet used any AMD gpus yet, so I'm a little ignorant on their products. I dunno how well supported a nvidia card with nouveau is guna be, because I've run into some issues with my cards, their drivers, and fedora. But it all depends on what he's using it for. Is it for gaming, work, multimedia, etc. Linux, Mac or Win? Obviously he wants it to support 3 displays, is that because he's looking for stereoscopic 3D or to extend his desktop to multiple monitors, or run multiple instances of programs, or...? With height and cooling being an issue I'm assuming it's fitting into a small case. Is noise generation an issue and that's why he wants passive cooling?
Just going with what he posted I'd say he's doing a good job of finding what he needs and i dunno if i can really help"
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Date: 2013-10-27 05:52 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-10-27 05:19 am (UTC)Cheers.
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Date: 2013-10-27 05:46 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-10-28 03:52 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-10-28 04:31 pm (UTC)Not sure is it offered in USA but here, in Ukraine it costs about $100.
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Date: 2013-10-28 05:54 pm (UTC)