[chiglug] 4-port video card

[Steve Litt]

On Tue, 2022-09-27 at 09:23 -0500, L. V. Lammert wrote:
> Have had a four port video card (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?

I always recommend Radeon. Drivers for most Radeon video cards are in the Linux
kernel. nVidea has given me nothing but heartache.

My Radeon has no fan, which I like. It always works for me. Mine is similar to
https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/visiontek-radeon-5450-2gb-ddr3-dvi-i-hdmi-vga-graphics-card-900861/apd/a8763274/graphic-video-cards

SteveT