So I suppose I'll get the new GPU! bmike1@MikesBeast ~ $ sudo lshw mikesbeast description: Desktop Computer product: GA-MA785G-UD3H vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. width: 64 bits capabilities: smbios-2.4 dmi-2.4 vsyscall32 configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop uuid=36434630-3439-3032-3031-3031FFFFFFFF *-core description: Motherboard product: GA-MA785G-UD3H vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. physical id: 0 version: x.x *-firmware description: BIOS vendor: Award Software International, Inc. physical id: 0 version: F4 date: 09/16/2009 size: 128KiB capacity: 960KiB capabilities: isa pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb agp ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification *-cpu description: CPU product: AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 620 Processor vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] physical id: 4 bus info: cpu@0 version: AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 620 Processor slot: Socket M2 size: 800MHz capacity: 3GHz width: 64 bits clock: 200MHz capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp x86-64 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc cpuid extd_apicid pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt hw_pstate vmmcall npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save cpufreq *-cache:0 description: L1 cache physical id: a slot: Internal Cache size: 128KiB capacity: 128KiB capabilities: synchronous internal write-back configuration: level=1 *-cache:1 description: L2 cache physical id: c slot: External Cache size: 512KiB capacity: 512KiB capabilities: synchronous internal write-back configuration: level=2 *-cache description: L1 cache physical id: b slot: Internal Cache size: 128KiB capacity: 128KiB capabilities: synchronous internal write-back configuration: level=1 *-memory description: System Memory physical id: 28 slot: System board or motherboard size: 8GiB *-bank:0 description: DIMM 800 MHz (1.2 ns) product: None vendor: None physical id: 0 serial: None slot: A0 size: 2GiB width: 64 bits clock: 800MHz (1.2ns) *-bank:1 description: DIMM 800 MHz (1.2 ns) product: None vendor: None physical id: 1 serial: None slot: A1 size: 2GiB width: 64 bits clock: 800MHz (1.2ns) *-bank:2 description: DIMM 800 MHz (1.2 ns) product: None vendor: None physical id: 2 serial: None slot: A2 size: 2GiB width: 64 bits clock: 800MHz (1.2ns) *-bank:3 description: DIMM 800 MHz (1.2 ns) product: None vendor: None physical id: 3 serial: None slot: A3 size: 2GiB width: 64 bits clock: 800MHz (1.2ns) *-pci:0 description: Host bridge product: RS880 Host Bridge vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] physical id: 100 bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0 version: 00 width: 64 bits clock: 66MHz configuration: latency=32 *-pci:0 description: PCI bridge product: RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (ext gfx port 0) vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] physical id: 2 bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pcieport resources: irq:18 ioport:e000(size=4096) memory:fdf00000-fdffffff ioport:d0000000(size=268435456) *-display description: VGA compatible controller product: RV770 [Radeon HD 4850] vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0 version: 00 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom configuration: driver=radeon latency=0 resources: irq:25 memory:d0000000-dfffffff memory:fdfe0000-fdfeffff ioport:ee00(size=256) memory:c0000-dffff *-multimedia description: Audio device product: RV770 HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 4850/4870] vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] physical id: 0.1 bus info: pci@0000:01:00.1 version: 00 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm pciexpress msi bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0 resources: irq:26 memory:fdffc000-fdffffff *-pci:1 description: PCI bridge product: RS780/RS880 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 5) vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] physical id: a bus info: pci@0000:00:0a.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pcieport resources: irq:18 ioport:d000(size=4096) memory:fde00000-fdefffff ioport:fdb00000(size=1048576) *-network description: Ethernet interface product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0 logical name: enp2s0 version: 02 serial: 6c:f0:49:02:01:01 size: 1Gbit/s capacity: 1Gbit/s width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full ip=192.168.0.3 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=1Gbit/s resources: irq:18 ioport:de00(size=256) memory:fdbff000-fdbfffff memory:fdbe0000-fdbeffff memory:fde00000-fde0ffff *-storage description: SATA controller product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [IDE mode] vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] physical id: 11 bus info: pci@0000:00:11.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: storage pm ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ahci latency=32 resources: irq:22 ioport:ff00(size=8) ioport:fe00(size=4) ioport:fd00(size=8) ioport:fc00(size=4) ioport:fb00(size=16) memory:fe02f000-fe02f3ff *-usb:0 description: USB controller product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] physical id: 12 bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: ohci bus_master configuration: driver=ohci-pci latency=32 resources: irq:16 memory:fe02e000-fe02efff *-usbhost product: OHCI PCI host controller vendor: Linux 4.15.0-38-generic ohci_hcd physical id: 1 bus info: usb@3 logical name: usb3 version: 4.15 capabilities: usb-1.10 configuration: driver=hub slots=3 speed=12Mbit/s *-usb:0 UNCLAIMED description: Generic USB device product: colormunki display lite vendor: x-rite physical id: 1 bus info: usb@3:1 version: 0.00 capabilities: usb-2.00 configuration: maxpower=100mA speed=2Mbit/s *-usb:1 description: Keyboard product: Logitech USB Keyboard vendor: Logitech physical id: 2 bus info: usb@3:2 version: 28.00 capabilities: usb-1.10 configuration: driver=usbhid maxpower=100mA speed=2Mbit/s *-usb:1 description: USB controller product: SB7x0 USB OHCI1 Controller vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] physical id: 12.1 bus info: pci@0000:00:12.1 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: ohci bus_master configuration: driver=ohci-pci latency=32 resources: irq:16 memory:fe02d000-fe02dfff *-usbhost product: OHCI PCI host controller vendor: Linux 4.15.0-38-generic ohci_hcd physical id: 1 bus info: usb@4 logical name: usb4 version: 4.15 capabilities: usb-1.10 configuration: driver=hub slots=3 speed=12Mbit/s *-usb description: Mouse product: USB Optical Mouse vendor: Primax Electronics, Ltd physical id: 3 bus info: usb@4:3 version: 2.00 capabilities: usb-2.00 configuration: driver=usbhid maxpower=98mA speed=2Mbit/s *-usb:2 description: USB controller product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] physical id: 12.2 bus info: pci@0000:00:12.2 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=32 resources: irq:17 memory:fe02c000-fe02c0ff *-usbhost product: EHCI Host Controller vendor: Linux 4.15.0-38-generic ehci_hcd physical id: 1 bus info: usb@1 logical name: usb1 version: 4.15 capabilities: usb-2.00 configuration: driver=hub slots=6 speed=480Mbit/s *-usb:0 description: USB hub product: USB2.0 Hub vendor: Genesys Logic, Inc. physical id: 3 bus info: usb@1:3 version: 7.02 capabilities: usb-2.00 configuration: driver=hub maxpower=100mA slots=4 speed=480Mbit/s *-usb:0 description: Printer product: ENVY Photo 7800 series vendor: HP physical id: 3 bus info: usb@1:3.3 version: 3.14 serial: TH85N6V14S capabilities: usb-2.00 configuration: driver=usblp maxpower=2mA speed=480Mbit/s *-usb:1 description: USB hub product: USB 2.0 Hub vendor: Terminus Technology Inc. physical id: 4 bus info: usb@1:3.4 version: 1.11 capabilities: usb-2.00 configuration: driver=hub maxpower=100mA slots=4 speed=480Mbit/s *-usb description: Mass storage device product: Flash Card Reader/Writer vendor: Generic physical id: 4 bus info: usb@1:3.4.4 logical name: scsi6 version: 1.00 serial: 058F63666438 capabilities: usb-2.00 scsi emulated scsi-host configuration: driver=usb-storage maxpower=100mA speed=480Mbit/s *-disk description: SCSI Disk physical id: 0.0.0 bus info: scsi@6:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/sdb configuration: logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512 *-usb:1 description: Audio device product: HD Webcam C525 vendor: Logitech, Inc. physical id: 5 bus info: usb@1:5 version: 0.10 serial: 4E722DD0 capabilities: usb-2.00 audio-control configuration: driver=uvcvideo maxpower=500mA speed=480Mbit/s *-usb:3 description: USB controller product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] physical id: 13 bus info: pci@0000:00:13.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: ohci bus_master configuration: driver=ohci-pci latency=32 resources: irq:18 memory:fe02b000-fe02bfff *-usbhost product: OHCI PCI host controller vendor: Linux 4.15.0-38-generic ohci_hcd physical id: 1 bus info: usb@5 logical name: usb5 version: 4.15 capabilities: usb-1.10 configuration: driver=hub slots=3 speed=12Mbit/s *-usb:4 description: USB controller product: SB7x0 USB OHCI1 Controller vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] physical id: 13.1 bus info: pci@0000:00:13.1 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: ohci bus_master configuration: driver=ohci-pci latency=32 resources: irq:18 memory:fe02a000-fe02afff *-usbhost product: OHCI PCI host controller vendor: Linux 4.15.0-38-generic ohci_hcd physical id: 1 bus info: usb@6 logical name: usb6 version: 4.15 capabilities: usb-1.10 configuration: driver=hub slots=3 speed=12Mbit/s *-usb:5 description: USB controller product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] physical id: 13.2 bus info: pci@0000:00:13.2 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=32 resources: irq:19 memory:fe029000-fe0290ff *-usbhost product: EHCI Host Controller vendor: Linux 4.15.0-38-generic ehci_hcd physical id: 1 bus info: usb@2 logical name: usb2 version: 4.15 capabilities: usb-2.00 configuration: driver=hub slots=6 speed=480Mbit/s *-serial UNCLAIMED description: SMBus product: SBx00 SMBus Controller vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] physical id: 14 bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0 version: 3c width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: ht cap_list configuration: latency=0 *-ide description: IDE interface product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 IDE Controller vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] physical id: 14.1 bus info: pci@0000:00:14.1 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: ide msi bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pata_atiixp latency=32 resources: irq:16 ioport:1f0(size=8) ioport:3f6 ioport:170(size=8) ioport:376 ioport:fa00(size=16) *-multimedia description: Audio device product: SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] physical id: 14.2 bus info: pci@0000:00:14.2 version: 00 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=32 resources: irq:16 memory:fe024000-fe027fff *-isa description: ISA bridge product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] physical id: 14.3 bus info: pci@0000:00:14.3 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: isa bus_master configuration: latency=0 *-pci:2 description: PCI bridge product: SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] physical id: 14.4 bus info: pci@0000:00:14.4 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master vga_palette resources: ioport:c000(size=4096) memory:fdd00000-fddfffff memory:fdc00000-fdcfffff *-network description: Wireless interface product: RT5362 PCI 802.11n Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Ralink corp. physical id: 6 bus info: pci@0000:03:06.0 logical name: wlp3s6 version: 00 serial: e4:be:ed:04:95:ca width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rt2800pci driverversion=4.15.0-38-generic firmware=0.34 ip=192.168.0.131 latency=32 link=yes maxlatency=4 mingnt=2 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11 resources: irq:20 memory:fdde0000-fddeffff *-firewire description: FireWire (IEEE 1394) product: TSB43AB23 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) vendor: Texas Instruments physical id: e bus info: pci@0000:03:0e.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=firewire_ohci latency=32 maxlatency=4 mingnt=2 resources: irq:22 memory:fddff000-fddff7ff memory:fddf8000-fddfbfff *-usb:6 description: USB controller product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] physical id: 14.5 bus info: pci@0000:00:14.5 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: ohci bus_master configuration: driver=ohci-pci latency=32 resources: irq:18 memory:fe028000-fe028fff *-usbhost product: OHCI PCI host controller vendor: Linux 4.15.0-38-generic ohci_hcd physical id: 1 bus info: usb@7 logical name: usb7 version: 4.15 capabilities: usb-1.10 configuration: driver=hub slots=2 speed=12Mbit/s *-pci:1 description: Host bridge product: Family 10h Processor HyperTransport Configuration vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] physical id: 101 bus info: pci@0000:00:18.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pci:2 description: Host bridge product: Family 10h Processor Address Map vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] physical id: 102 bus info: pci@0000:00:18.1 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pci:3 description: Host bridge product: Family 10h Processor DRAM Controller vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] physical id: 103 bus info: pci@0000:00:18.2 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pci:4 description: Host bridge product: Family 10h Processor Miscellaneous Control vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] physical id: 104 bus info: pci@0000:00:18.3 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz configuration: driver=k10temp resources: irq:0 *-pci:5 description: Host bridge product: Family 10h Processor Link Control vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] physical id: 105 bus info: pci@0000:00:18.4 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-scsi physical id: 1 logical name: scsi0 capabilities: emulated *-disk description: ATA Disk product: ST500DM002-1BD14 vendor: Seagate physical id: 0.0.0 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/sda version: KC45 serial: Z2AV4105 size: 465GiB (500GB) capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos configuration: ansiversion=5 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=4096 signature=2d180100 *-volume:0 description: EXT4 volume vendor: Linux physical id: 1 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1 logical name: /dev/sda1 logical name: / version: 1.0 serial: a0b38ba2-188f-4efb-bbeb-33bbd9c268e2 size: 457GiB capacity: 457GiB capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink extents ext4 ext2 initialized configuration: created=2018-04-12 21:26:24 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2018-11-06 09:59:51 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered mounted=2018-10-31 17:57:12 state=mounted *-volume:1 description: Extended partition physical id: 2 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2 logical name: /dev/sda2 size: 8189MiB capacity: 8189MiB capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended *-logicalvolume description: Linux swap / Solaris partition physical id: 5 logical name: /dev/sda5 capacity: 8189MiB capabilities: nofs bmike1@MikesBeast ~ $ sudo lshw -short H/W path Device Class Description ============================================================= system GA-MA785G-UD3H /0 bus GA-MA785G-UD3H /0/0 memory 128KiB BIOS /0/4 processor AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 620 Proce /0/4/a memory 128KiB L1 cache /0/4/c memory 512KiB L2 cache /0/b memory 128KiB L1 cache /0/28 memory 8GiB System Memory /0/28/0 memory 2GiB DIMM 800 MHz (1.2 ns) /0/28/1 memory 2GiB DIMM 800 MHz (1.2 ns) /0/28/2 memory 2GiB DIMM 800 MHz (1.2 ns) /0/28/3 memory 2GiB DIMM 800 MHz (1.2 ns) /0/100 bridge RS880 Host Bridge /0/100/2 bridge RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (ext g /0/100/2/0 display RV770 [Radeon HD 4850] /0/100/2/0.1 multimedia RV770 HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 48 /0/100/a bridge RS780/RS880 PCI to PCI bridge /0/100/a/0 enp2s0 network RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express /0/100/11 storage SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Control /0/100/12 bus SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Co /0/100/12/1 usb3 bus OHCI PCI host controller /0/100/12/1/1 generic colormunki display lite /0/100/12/1/2 input Logitech USB Keyboard /0/100/12.1 bus SB7x0 USB OHCI1 Controller /0/100/12.1/1 usb4 bus OHCI PCI host controller /0/100/12.1/1/3 input USB Optical Mouse /0/100/12.2 bus SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Con /0/100/12.2/1 usb1 bus EHCI Host Controller /0/100/12.2/1/3 bus USB2.0 Hub /0/100/12.2/1/3/3 printer ENVY Photo 7800 series /0/100/12.2/1/3/4 bus USB 2.0 Hub /0/100/12.2/1/3/4/4 scsi6 storage Flash Card Reader/Writer /0/100/12.2/1/3/4/4/0.0.0 /dev/sdb disk SCSI Disk /0/100/12.2/1/5 multimedia HD Webcam C525 /0/100/13 bus SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Co /0/100/13/1 usb5 bus OHCI PCI host controller /0/100/13.1 bus SB7x0 USB OHCI1 Controller /0/100/13.1/1 usb6 bus OHCI PCI host controller /0/100/13.2 bus SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Con /0/100/13.2/1 usb2 bus EHCI Host Controller /0/100/14 bus SBx00 SMBus Controller /0/100/14.1 storage SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 IDE Controll /0/100/14.2 multimedia SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) /0/100/14.3 bridge SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host con /0/100/14.4 bridge SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge /0/100/14.4/6 wlp3s6 network RT5362 PCI 802.11n Wireless Ne /0/100/14.4/e bus TSB43AB23 IEEE-1394a-2000 Cont /0/100/14.5 bus SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Co /0/100/14.5/1 usb7 bus OHCI PCI host controller /0/101 bridge Family 10h Processor HyperTran /0/102 bridge Family 10h Processor Address M /0/103 bridge Family 10h Processor DRAM Cont /0/104 bridge Family 10h Processor Miscellan /0/105 bridge Family 10h Processor Link Cont /0/1 scsi0 storage /0/1/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 500GB ST500DM002-1BD14 /0/1/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 457GiB EXT4 volume /0/1/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 8189MiB Extended partition /0/1/0.0.0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 8189MiB Linux swap / Solaris p bmike1@MikesBeast ~ $ cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 16 model : 5 model name : AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 620 Processor stepping : 2 microcode : 0x1000086 cpu MHz : 800.000 cache size : 512 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 4 core id : 0 cpu cores : 4 apicid : 0 initial apicid : 0 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 5 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc cpuid extd_apicid pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt hw_pstate vmmcall npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save bugs : tlb_mmatch fxsave_leak sysret_ss_attrs null_seg spectre_v1 spectre_v2 bogomips : 5223.89 TLB size : 1024 4K pages clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: ts ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps hwpstate processor : 1 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 16 model : 5 model name : AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 620 Processor stepping : 2 microcode : 0x1000086 cpu MHz : 800.000 cache size : 512 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 4 core id : 1 cpu cores : 4 apicid : 1 initial apicid : 1 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 5 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc cpuid extd_apicid pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt hw_pstate vmmcall npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save bugs : tlb_mmatch fxsave_leak sysret_ss_attrs null_seg spectre_v1 spectre_v2 bogomips : 5223.89 TLB size : 1024 4K pages clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: ts ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps hwpstate processor : 2 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 16 model : 5 model name : AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 620 Processor stepping : 2 microcode : 0x1000086 cpu MHz : 800.000 cache size : 512 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 4 core id : 3 cpu cores : 4 apicid : 2 initial apicid : 3 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 5 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc cpuid extd_apicid pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt hw_pstate vmmcall npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save bugs : tlb_mmatch fxsave_leak sysret_ss_attrs null_seg spectre_v1 spectre_v2 bogomips : 5223.89 TLB size : 1024 4K pages clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: ts ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps hwpstate processor : 3 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 16 model : 5 model name : AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 620 Processor stepping : 2 microcode : 0x1000086 cpu MHz : 1400.000 cache size : 512 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 4 core id : 2 cpu cores : 4 apicid : 3 initial apicid : 2 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 5 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc cpuid extd_apicid pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt hw_pstate vmmcall npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save bugs : tlb_mmatch fxsave_leak sysret_ss_attrs null_seg spectre_v1 spectre_v2 bogomips : 5223.89 TLB size : 1024 4K pages clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: ts ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps hwpstate bmike1@MikesBeast ~ $ cat /proc/meminfo MemTotal: 8036720 kB MemFree: 3441696 kB MemAvailable: 4935888 kB Buffers: 171612 kB Cached: 1534464 kB SwapCached: 0 kB Active: 3290364 kB Inactive: 828648 kB Active(anon): 2414564 kB Inactive(anon): 59364 kB Active(file): 875800 kB Inactive(file): 769284 kB Unevictable: 1080 kB Mlocked: 1080 kB SwapTotal: 8385532 kB SwapFree: 8385532 kB Dirty: 272 kB Writeback: 4 kB AnonPages: 2413940 kB Mapped: 408372 kB Shmem: 60996 kB Slab: 188044 kB SReclaimable: 138948 kB SUnreclaim: 49096 kB KernelStack: 12080 kB PageTables: 67536 kB NFS_Unstable: 0 kB Bounce: 0 kB WritebackTmp: 0 kB CommitLimit: 12403892 kB Committed_AS: 10634944 kB VmallocTotal: 34359738367 kB VmallocUsed: 0 kB VmallocChunk: 0 kB HardwareCorrupted: 0 kB AnonHugePages: 2048 kB ShmemHugePages: 0 kB ShmemPmdMapped: 0 kB CmaTotal: 0 kB CmaFree: 0 kB HugePages_Total: 0 HugePages_Free: 0 HugePages_Rsvd: 0 HugePages_Surp: 0 Hugepagesize: 2048 kB DirectMap4k: 342912 kB DirectMap2M: 5947392 kB DirectMap1G: 2097152 kB bmike1@MikesBeast ~ $ On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 12:25 PM Stephen Partington wrote: > The main weakness in your GPU is not the compute power (for this use case) > but the lack of video ram. so the suggestions Andrew made stand. But system > memory is a huge improvement. > > sudo lshw and sudo lshw -short both can give you useful details. You can > also use the following. > CPU: > cat /proc/cpuinfo > Memory > cat /proc/meminfo > > On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 10:03 AM Andrew McRobb > wrote: > >> I don't know the full specs of a 360 image and your PC, but I would at >> least recommend upgrading to a 550 or 560 Radeon. (50-80 bucks at Fry's >> Electronic). Seems to play the latest games fine even on Proton/Steam and >> it seems to manipulate images very quickly. Try that out and see how it >> goes first before upgrading anything else. >> >> A lot of image editors these days depend on GPU. So that should help >> speed up Gimp. I personally just pop open the case anyway, and get the >> motherboard model. That way you know what RAM/CPU you need to be looking >> for when upgrading. >> >> On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 4:37 PM Michael wrote: >> >>> I got a great computer but I need more RAM. Currently I have 8 gig. Is >>> there a way to tell the type of RAM I need w/o cracking the case? >>> Hmmmmmm..... I think it may be I need a new GPU. I got a 360 image open in >>> GIMP and I am trying to manipulate the view with GEGL Operation >>> panorama-projection and every time I change a value it redraws the image >>> block -by block slowly. My current GPU is: >>> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. >>> [AMD/ATI] RV770 [Radeon HD 4850] >>> >>> Do I need a new one or do I need to activate it or something like that? >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- :-)~MIKE~(-: