I had a 10 year old nvidia and was able to stay using the older last supported nvidia driver (on recent kernels) that was still being built in rpm fusion and still supported the older cards, and still decode the 1080P/x264 with a massively slow Atom 330. Updates worked as well as new nvidia cards.
I don't have that machine running anymore because the custom-laptop cpu fan died and getting a replacement was more than the old machine was worth.
On Thu, May 20, 2021 at 11:41 AM Alex <mysqlstudent@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,
On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 11:36 AM Roger Heflin <rogerheflin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> You might have to buy a cheap throw away card. There are way too many people going after the "good" mining cards right now.
>
> https://www.newegg.com/asus-geforce-gt-710-gt710-sl-2gd5-csm/p/N82E16814126211?Item=N82E16814126211
>
> Is a basic card, it is $70+shipping Verify that the 4k support is good enough for your monitor. The refresh rate may not be good enough it claims to only do 30hz at full 4k on one of the ports
>
> The important things on the above card to look for are nvidia 710/730 and GDDR5 that is I think the lowest card that does 4k but only at 30hz, and that card sucks for mining I believe so is still in stock.
I really wanted to avoid nvidia and the proprietary drivers issue,
especially considering I kept my current card for more than ten years,
lol.
I ended up purchasing the AMD Radeon RX580 with 8GB. It's this card,
but I found it new on eBay for less than $300.
https://www.amazon.com/MSI-RX-580-8G-OC/dp/B06XZQMMHJ
I was also considering the RX570 because it had four DisplayPort
adapters and the RX580 has only two, but this card was virtually the
same price and includes 8GB.
Hoping I made a wise choice...
Thanks,
Alex
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