Can anyone help me pick out a budget friendly (sub $200) graphics card?

  • Doesn’t have to be current generation

  • I won’t be gaming at all on the PC

  • Needs to run well on Linux

  • Must run 3 monitors

  • Biggest workout it will get is streaming security cams on one screen, full screen video on another.

  • Power supply is only 295W and I’d rather not upgrade it.

Any help is much appreciated!

  • bankimu@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I’d buy a pre owned card from eBay.

    Go with RTX 2070 Super which should be around your price point. If not, then RTX 2070 (not super).

    Make sure returns are accepted, and seller has high rating (99%).

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          1 year ago

          Not necessarily, I installed them in debian 11 wich still used an old version of xorg, system went to hell and never came back, that was the last time I used nvidia for linux.

          Why do I need to struggle? there’s already another option wich cost less money and doesn’t demand my weekend just to make it “work”

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        1 year ago

        Yeah, you’re right. Might as well go with AMD. NVidia works but isn’t needed. I think NVidia generally has low power draw though, so just check to make sure.