Patrick Shanahan composed on 2019-08-14 18:23 (UTC-0400):
last time I tried several years ago, I could not get the same screen resolution with foss as I could with NVidia. admittedly, I have not tried for several years.
Screen resolution should not be any issue for hardware designed in the past 12-15 years. HDTV (1920x1080) support dates back to last century, though it might take a card newer than 8-12 years for 4k support. I had a 4k screen for several weeks last year, but because of peculiarities of the product I purchased I decided better of it within its free return period. The following comes from a design roughly a year older than a GTS 450. It's the only NIB NVidia product I ever bought for myself, $28 39 months ago. # inxi -V | head -n1 inxi 3.0.36-00 (2019-08-14) # inxi -GxxS System: Host: hp945 Kernel: 5.1.16-1-default x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.1.1 Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.16.2 tk: Qt 5.13.0 wm: kwin_x11 dm: startx Distro: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20190723 Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA GT218 [GeForce 210] vendor: eVga.com. driver: nouveau v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:0a65 Display: server: X.Org 1.20.5 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa alternate: nouveau,nv,nvidia compositor: kwin_x11 resolution: 2560x1440~60Hz, 1920x1200~60Hz OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 8.0 128 bits) v: 3.3 Mesa 19.1.2 compat-v: 3.1 direct render: Yes # xrandr | egrep 'onnect|creen|\*' | grep -v disconn | sort -r Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 2560 x 2640, maximum 8192 x 8192 HDMI-1 connected 1920x1200+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 519mm x 324mm DVI-I-1 connected primary 2560x1440+0+1200 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 598mm x 336mm 2560x1440 59.95*+ 1920x1200 59.95*+ The following is from RAM, motherboard and CPU/GPU that cost new less than $300 combined less than 2 years ago: # inxi -V | head -n1 inxi 3.0.36-00 (2019-08-14) # inxi -GxxS System: Host: gb250 Kernel: 5.1.16-1-default x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.1.1 Desktop: IceWM 1.5.4 dm: startx Distro: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20190718 Graphics: Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 630 vendor: Gigabyte driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:5912 Display: server: X.Org 1.20.5 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa alternate: intel resolution: 2560x1080~60Hz, 1920x1200~60Hz, 2560x1440~60Hz OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 630 (Kaby Lake GT2) v: 4.5 Mesa 19.1.2 compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes # xrandr | egrep 'onnect|creen|\*' | grep -v disconn | sort -r Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 2560 x 3720, maximum 8192 x 8192 HDMI-2 connected 1920x1200+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 519mm x 324mm HDMI-1 connected 2560x1080+0+1200 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 673mm x 284mm DP-1 connected primary 2560x1440+0+2280 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 598mm x 336mm 2560x1440 59.95*+ 74.92 2560x1080 60.00*+ 1920x1200 59.95*+ -- Evolution as taught in public schools is religion, not science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org