Migrating to modern CPU with a geForce graphics card

[Dan Purgert]

On Sat, 04 Apr 2015 19:33:21 -0700, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:

> I've got a shaky mobo that I'm thinking to replace with a more modern
> one. In the process, I'll likely switch from AMD 64 to Intel core I7. 
> The mobo's Ive seen all have built-in video, and I gather this is
> actually a reflection of on-chip capabilities.
> 
> My problem is that I am currently running a geForce card with 3
> monitors, 2 DVIs and one HDMI.  I want to keep it that way.  I have yet
> to see a mobo with these exact connectors.  So my question is: is this
> going to be easy or hard?  Right now I'm thinking of the ASUS Maximus
> VII or Z96 Deluxe, both of which list NVIDIA SLI (whatever that is) as
> multi-GPU support.
> 
> Does anyone have experience with these mobos, running a recent kernel? 
> I'm currently at xubuntu 14.04 LTS, hoping to stay LTS.


Not those motherboards specifically, but my experience with most discrete 
graphics cards is pretty much:

1. Install hardware
2. Install drivers (possibly fight with nouveau)
3. Fight with xorg.conf (though the nVidia thing helps a lot here).