Graphics Card

[kceasar78]

Im building a pc and found a radeon hd 6950 from 2011 for $20 would this work for a couple weeks just until i get my proper graphics card

 

[RONOTHAN##]

Probably. That card is old enough where you'd need CSM enabled in order for the board to boot and some boards don't have that enabled by default. Also, $20 for this card is about $20 too much IMO, that card is basically e-waste at this point. 

[Eigenvektor]

It should probably work for regular desktop use with Windows 10, though its latest drivers are very old (2015): https://www.amd.com/en/support/graphics/amd-radeon-hd/amd-radeon-hd-6000-series/amd-radeon-hd-6950

 

Windows 11 requires DX 12 support, which the card does not have, and drivers with WDDM 2.0, which it does not have either.

[cat milker]

If your cpu has integrated graphics, then just go with that. if not, then this will work as a video output for a bit

[Queen Chrysalis]

35 minutes ago, cat milker said:

If your cpu has integrated graphics, then just go with that. if not, then this will work as a video output for a bit

It's a lot faster than most iGPUs, I had an HD 6570 (way slower, same gen) as my main GPU until 2018, and now it runs the monitors on my dad's work computer with a 1600, but it's still flawless.  It will work on windows 11 with the old driver.  It doesn;t have the Official (TM) Windows (R) Gold Member's Club (C) Ultimate Triple-Futa-XXXL Edition (TM) support (in the same way that anything pre-covfefe lake doesn't), but it works.