Migrating to modern CPU with a geForce graphics card
Dan Purgert
dan at djph.net
Tue Apr 7 12:42:53 UTC 2015
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).
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