Radeon card recommendations

Stephen Partington cryptworks at gmail.com
Fri Feb 26 08:47:38 MST 2021


RX 550 or X 540 might do what you are looking for. They are older-gen tech,
but it sounds like they will meet your needs.

Let me know if you need more specifics

On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 9:10 PM Steve B via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

> I've been digging through some of the Arch and Gentoo documentation trying
> to get a handle on which of the older Radeon cards use the drivers built
> into the kernel. While they do a good job about telling me chipsets and GCN
> architecture, I'm still struggling to find a card.
>
> The Optiplex 9020 I own uses a PCIe x16 slot, first generation or possible
> second. I've been using the integrated Intel for now but would like to add
> a discrete GPU. If I'm reading the Arch and Gentoo docs correctly most of
> the cards seem to be more gaming oriented and require a connection to the
> PSU.
>
> Ideally I'm looking for a card that does not require a connection to the
> PSU is 2 or 4GB and can support a 4K monitor.
>
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
>
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