<div dir="ltr">You can get a Radeon HD 6450 shipped for under $50<div><br></div><div>They're fanless, require no power connectors, and play nicely with Linux with both the open-source and proprietary drivers - at least as per Phoronix.</div><div><br></div><div>Seems like a good option to test the waters with a low barrier to entry.</div><div><br></div><div>Of course, if I knew what software you were using and what budget you have I could make a better suggestion.<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 3:35 PM, Ince, Wilbur <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wilbur@wilbur.us" target="_blank">wilbur@wilbur.us</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I have two desktops, one for work, and the other for a media server -<br>
both running 14.04. One runs NVidia GT218 [GeForce 210]. I am using<br>
the closed source NVidia drivers and it's very fast and stable. The<br>
other is running an AMD HD7770, which uses the open source drivers.<br>
Both cards were about the same price and both work very well.<br>
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One difference is that the Nvidia driver install is involved and<br>
requires some skills to get the install done right. This cound be<br>
quite challenging for a Linux newbie. The AMD drivers get loaded<br>
automatically.<br>
<br>
Before you buy anything, I would do some googling to see what kinds of<br>
discussions folks are having about the cards. Some cards have issues,<br>
and others are very easy installs.<br>
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On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 3:54 AM, Ralf Mardorf<br>
<<a href="mailto:ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com">ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Sun, 30 Nov 2014 09:40:01 +0000<br>
> Norman Silverstone <<a href="mailto:norman@littletank.org">norman@littletank.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>> According to the supplier of the software any of the following units<br>
>> would be suitable:-<br>
>><br>
>> NVIDIA GeForce 8 Series, GeForce 9 Series, GeForce 100 Series,<br>
>> GeForce 200 Series, GeForce 300 Series, GeForce 400 Series, GeForce<br>
>> 500 Series, ATI Radeon HD2000 Series, Radeon HD3000 Series, Radeon<br>
>> HD4000 Series, Radeon HD5000 Series, Radeon HD6000 Series.<br>
><br>
> Regarding to what cards are supported a search engine could help you.<br>
> One note might be important, if you need the proprietary driver for the<br>
> graphics, take care about the fact that proprietary ATI drivers only<br>
> work for a few versions of X, the drivers never will be upgraded.<br>
> Proprietary NVIDI drivers get upgraded and should work with all versions<br>
> of X. The FLOSS drivers usually don't cause issues, provide good enough<br>
> 3D acceleration for averaged tasks, e.g. Google-Earth and running Xfce4<br>
> doesn't cause issues, but if you e.g. want to run Cinnamon or GNOME,<br>
> then the FLOSS 3D acceleration could be much to slow.<br>
><br>
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