On 19/09/2023 00:40, Dale wrote:
I get it when you wanna do it your way because it always worked™ (which is
not wrong — don’t misunderstand me) and perhaps you had some bad experience
in the past. OTOH it’s a pricey component usually only needed by gamers and
number crunchers. On-board graphics are just fine for Desktop and even
(very) light gaming and they lower power draw considerably. Give it a swirl,
maybe you like it. 😄 Both Intel and AMD work just fine with the kernel
drivers.
Well, for one, I usually upgrade the video card several times before I
upgrade the mobo. When it is built in, not a option. I think I'm on my
third in this rig. I also need multiple outputs, two at least. One for
monitor and one for TV. My little NAS box I'm currently using is a Dell
something. The video works but it has no GUI. At times during the boot
up process, things don't scroll up the screen. I may be missing a
setting somewhere but when it blanks out, it comes back with a different
resolution and font size. I figure it is blanking during the switch.
My Gentoo box doesn't do that. I can see the screen from BIOS all the
way to when it finishes booting and the GUI comes up. I'm one of those
who watches. 😉
Well, in my case I've only recently upgraded to a system where AGPUs are
available :-)
Plus, although I haven't got it working, I want multi-seat (at present,
my system won't boot with two video cards). You can run multi-head off
integrated graphics, but as far as I know linux requires one video card
per seat.
Oh, and to the best of my knowledge, you can combine a video card and an
AGPU.
Cheers,
Wol
