Eben King composed on 2026-06-09 15:18 (UTC-0400): > Hi, I have Debian 12 "Bookworm" currently, and my video card is an > Nvidia GTX 970. While I'm happy with its speed, I'm not happy with the > proprietary nature of its driver, nor its brokenness (1). So, I seek a > replacement card whose driver is in the mainline kernel (2). I've heard > AMD and Intel GPUs are generally not bad. Do you have any further > recommendations or anti-recommendation? Thanks.
> 1: Its fans don't work, so I wrote a script to modulate the case fans > and CPU throttle based on its temperature. > 2: If you wish to recommend a particular card, keep in mind that cheap > is imperative (like <$150 cheap), used is OK, and I have three monitors. I bought https://www.ebay.com/itm/198406888174 a year ago from eBay seller semsotai2017. Sensors temp current/idling on Bookworm is 50C versus high of 95C. I can tell PC is on, but not which fan is loudest. None are annoyingly loud, but I definitely know when PC is turned on. When I use it, it's usually with 3 displays, and running on pure FOSS drivers. All other PCs I use with 3 displays at once are running on AMD or Intel iGPUs' motherboard's graphics ports. -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata
