[GRLUG] 4-port video card

[Grand Rapids Linux Users Group]

On Tue, Sep 27, 2022 at 09:21:37AM -0500, Grand Rapids Linux Users Group wrote:
> Have had a four port video card for extra monitors for a few years:
> 
>         NVIDIA Corporation G98 [Quadro NVS 450] (rev a
> 	(actually a heatsink card, not even a fan))
> 
> .. but the NVIDIA driver is not available with the 5.14 kernel; went down
> the patch path, it builds a kernel successfully and then hangs (could be
> an issue with openSuSE).
> 
> So, .. can anyone recommend a fairly new card for secondary monitors (IOW,
> HDMI only - no need for higher resolution or fancy GPU)  that might have
> drivers for a while?

Do you need nVidia's binary driver?

I'm using a Radeon RX580 with OSS drivers. It has two HDMI and two
DisplayPort outputs and works great. Being OSS, it'll be supported for a
long time.
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J-T
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