On Friday, 14 October 2022 08:10:18 BST Felix Miata wrote:
Ianseeks composed on 2022-10-13 16:48 (UTC+0100):
I've decided to go to AMD instead and looking at old cheap AMD Firepro cards (my system is old),
For longest practical life, consider the output port types when shopping. DVI and HDMI can be converted inexpensively both directions no problem, though there's no sound passing via DVI. Not so with HDMI and DisplayPort. If a DisplayPort is your only choice besides VGA on a display, you'll be stuck using VGA if your output types are only DVI or HDMI (or plus VGA too). A cheap converter is satisfactory to use for converting DP output to HDMI input. Thus if you must choose between HDMI and DP because you can't find anything with both, DP makes a more sensible choice, because either it or DVI can be converted to use with an HDMI input. All my newest PCIe graphics cards have at least one DisplayPort output.
Thanks Felix, i'm definitely in the market for a converter to VGA. I've got an "Audio In" socket on the monitor but i've never used it. -- opensuse:tumbleweed:20221008 Qt: 5.15.6 KDE Frameworks: 5.98.0 - KDE Plasma: 5.25.5 - kwin 5.25.5 kmail2 5.21.1 (22.08.1) - akonadiserver 5.21.1 (22.08.1) - Kernel: 6.0.0-1-default - xf86-video-nouveau: 1.0.17