[GTALUG] Has the graphics-card world gone mad?

[Giles Orr]

On Tue, 30 Mar 2021 at 13:08, Anthony de Boer via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
> Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote:
> > I have two 4K screens (Samsung U28E590D) that I want to use in day to day
> > work. Maybe some streaming, but the most intensive game I would play is
> > Cities: Skylines
> > Any suggestions on what is the minimum GPU that will reasonably drive them?
> > I've backordered a GTX 1660 at $315. Would a 1650 Super be enough?
>
> If all else fails, a Raspberry Pi 4 will drive a pair of high-end
> monitors, probably not with the grunt that any modern game would want,
> but enough to be the new X Terminal.

That just shifts the problem.  He has a good computer with a
not-entirely-working video card.  You're suggesting something that
would put him in a situation where he'd have a passable video card
with a not-entirely-working computer attached to it.

Don't get me wrong: I use Raspberry Pis for a lot of things.  But I
don't use them as my daily driver, because they don't have the
horsepower.  Shifting to ARM would also break most games.

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Giles
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