On Tuesday, 19 September 2023 10:43:02 BST Dale wrote: > Wols Lists wrote: > > 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 > > I been on Newegg using their rig builder feature. Just to get rough > ideas, I picked a AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core 3.7 GHz Socket AM4. Yea, I > did a copy and paste. lol It's a bit pricey but compared to my current > rig, I think it will run circles around it. My current rig has a AMD FX > -8350 Eight-Core Processor running at 4GHz or so. You think I'll see > some speed improvement or am I on the wrong track?
You should see a significant improvement. The 5900X boosts up to 4.9GHz and it has 24 threads. > I'm also shooting > for 64GBs of memory at first. I can put in two more sticks later. I > got 32GB right now. Thing is, I have 18 virtual desktops now. o_O > > My problem is the mobo. I need a few PCIe slots. Most just don't have > enough. Most have a slot for a video card. Then maybe 2 other slightly > slower ones and maybe one slow one. I can't recall what the names are > at the moment. I know the length of the connector tends to tell what > speed it is, tho some cheat and put long connectors but most of the > faster pins aren't used. That confuses things. Anyway, mobo, which I > will likely change, CPU and memory is already adding up to about $600. > I don't need much of a video card tho. The built in thing may be > enough, as long as I can connect my monitor and TV. Either one DB15 and > a HDMI or two HDMI will work. My monitor has both. TV is HDMI. Must > have TV!! > > If someone knows of a good mobo, Gigabyte, ASUS preferred, that has > several PCIe slots, I'd like to know the model so I can check into it. > It's doesn't have to be the latest thing either. I tend to drop down > several notches from the top to save money. I still end up with a > pretty nice rig and save some money. What you describe looks more like a workstation or server tower MoBo, rather than the current brood of retail MoBos which cater more for gaming.
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