Video card info/help

[KegHead]

Hi!

I'm looking for an inexpensive video card that's very Ubuntu 13.10 friendly!

I have a MSI mobo, 8 gigs and running 64 bit Ubuntu 13.10.

Any idea's?

Thanks!

KegHead

[sudodus]

How do you want to use it?

- High definition video
- 3D graphics
- compositing
- games
- what resolution (widthxheight), or should I ask what monitor?

nvidia works fairly well with the free nouveau driver, but you need a proprietary driver for HD video or 3D graphics. I have an nvidia GeForce GT 430, which is a couple of years old. You can find prices in your country via the internet. Maybe it would be at the low end for you?

[KegHead]

Hi!

Viewsonic 19" va1913w

Using for everyday writer, calc etc.

Just want to pimp my system!

KegHead

[Yellow Pasque]

Using for everyday writer, calc etc.

That's not very demanding on the GPU. What GPU are you currently using that can't handle it?

[KegHead]

*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: RS780L [Radeon 3000]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
physical id: 5
bus info: pci@0000:01:05.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=radeon latency=0
resources: irq:18 memory:d0000000-dfffffff ioport:d000(size=256) memory:febe0000-febeffff memory:fea00000-feafffff

[sudodus]

It might be hard to get something better than the free driver for ATI/AMD/Radeon cards. But I would agree with Temüjin that it should be good enough for 'everyday writer, calc etc'. The resolution of the screen is only 1366×768 according to this link.

But if you want something more powerful, I suggest nvidia GeForce GT 430, which can give you speed and advanced features for a reasonable cost (the card I have and described in post #2). It is a couple of years old, but is still sold. Probably you won't need a newer or more advanced card.

[KegHead]

Thanks!

I'll have a look-see.