Recent ATI/AMDs usually work out of the box. Anything later than an HD4000 and you should be good to go. I personally have a 5770 and a 6950 that both work with Ubuntu (I am currently using KDE on 12.04). Out of the box they worked with dual and triple monitors.
Hth, On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 10:30 PM, Shawn <[email protected]> wrote: > So I think I need to finally get back into some decent graphics. I've > been using on-board video for a few years now, usually favoring Intel > graphics cards. BUT, now I need some hardware acceleration to do some CAD > work. Problem is I have lost touch with what hardware is recommended. > Google searches are finding old news. > > So, I'm running Ubuntu 12.04, and need a average card that will support > CAD type operations. I'm hearing Nvidia is a "bad company" with regards to > Linux support. Intel seems to be lacking in the acceleration department > (current Intel Card isn't good enough). That leaves ATI but I can't find > anything solid that says ATI will work. What's the right flavor this year? > :) > > Thanks for any tips. > > Shawn > > ______________________________**_________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/**listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca<http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca> > Mailing List Guidelines > (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.**php<http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php> > ) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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