Building a Linux PC

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Hey guys I have decided to build a PC so I have 2 questions

  1. I don’t know which graphic card to buy for linux which supports out of the box for any distro either arch based or fedora. I need the graphic card for work and occasional gaming. Price does not matter so plz list all/any graphic card for linux distro
  2. how is hidpi monitors compatible with linux. Planning to buy either Samsung g7 or LG CX TV/Monitor
    I definitely need clarification on these things
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Rule of thumb amd graphics card are better for linux. Most nvidia cards work fine but if you go amd you don’t have to worry about installing/updating nvidia drivers.

With hidpi I have a 4k laptop that I run in hidpi settings with no problem

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But I also heard that amd have driver issues. Planning to buy rx580 if there is severe driver issues or rx6800xt if none bcoz i dont want to invest more if I am going to face problems

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I have been running a Sapphire Radeon Pulse RX 580 since last summer. No problems, everything works out of the box. I am thrilled (previously also had only NVIDIA, ran, but also worried). However, the RX 580, as well as probably many other cards, at the moment unaffordable.

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So can I buy rx6800xt since I plan to use only one PC i.e, linux and windows both on a separate disk and I dont want to assemble another PC for windows separately and i dont want to buy 2 graphic cards. Planning to have best compatibility out of both Oses. I am planning to buy after the prices are down

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I don’t know if this is already supported by the driver. The RX 580 is at least quite old and drivers do not cause any problems.

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OK. Can u tell me how can I check the driver compatibility then

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Best guess AFAIK.
Separate Manjaro partition for /home saves health…

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This can only be answered by people who have experience with this card.

edit: As a rule of thumb, however, do not use brand-new hardware if possible, as this increases the risk of having problems with drivers. I don’t know right now how new the rx6800xt is …

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The AMD website states it supports Linux x86_64

https://www.amd.com/en/products/graphics/amd-radeon-rx-6800-xt

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